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「奥女中いたみの」初代中村鴈八、「部屋かた初」三代目岩井粂三郎 「局岩藤」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「中老尾のへ」五代目市川団之助、「奥女中姿美」二代目大谷徳次
Actors Nakamura Ganpachi I as Okujochû Itamino, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Heyagata Hatsu (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tsubone Iwafuji (C), Ichikawa Dannosuke V as Chûrô Onoe, and Ôtani Tokuji II as Okujochû Sugatami (L)
「奥女中いたみの」初代中村鴈八、「部屋かた初」三代目岩井粂三郎 「局岩藤」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「中老尾のへ」五代目市川団之助、「奥女中姿美」二代目大谷徳次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 75.4 cm (14 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44291a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kinryûzan Chimoto no Hatsuhana
Theater: Nakamura
金竜山千本初花（きんりゅうざんちもとのはつはな）
中村
1857、安政０４
Theater: Nakamura
金竜山千本初花（きんりゅうざんちもとのはつはな）
中村
1857、安政０４
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.