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「娘おこま 中村歌六」（初代） 「小栗半官兼氏 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「小萩実は照手前 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Karoku I as the Daughter (Musume) Okoma (R), Arashi Rikan II as Oguri Hankan Kaneuji (C), and Iwai Shijaku I as Kohagi, actually Terute no Mae (L)
「娘おこま 中村歌六」（初代） 「小栗半官兼氏 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「小萩実は照手前 岩井紫若」（初代）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 77.5 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35217-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 100; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #160 (two left sheets only, no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35217 (right), 11.35218 (center), 11.35219 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.35217-9 (complete), 11.38793 (center sheet only; color variation)
Play: Himekurabe Futaba Ezôshi
Theater: Naka
姫競双葉絵草紙（ひめくらべふたばえぞうし）
中
MFA impressions: 11.35217-9 (complete), 11.38793 (center sheet only; color variation)
Play: Himekurabe Futaba Ezôshi
Theater: Naka
姫競双葉絵草紙（ひめくらべふたばえぞうし）
中
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokuei ga (on each sheet)
春江斎北英画
春江斎北英画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.