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「日本駄右エ門猫之古事」 三代目尾上菊五郎の琴浦ヵ 三代目尾上菊五郎の猫石の精 「日本左衛門」五代目沢村宗十郎
The Story of Nippondaemon and the Cat (Nippondaemon neko no koji): Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotoura (?) (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as the Spirit of the Cat Stone (C), and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Nippondaemon (L)
「日本駄右エ門猫之古事」 三代目尾上菊五郎の琴浦ヵ 三代目尾上菊五郎の猫石の精 「日本左衛門」五代目沢村宗十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 73.5 cm (14 1/16 x 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27023-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), pp. 46-7; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #17; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #101
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27023 (left), 11.27024 (center), 11.27025 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.27023-5 (complete triptych), 11.38138 (right sheet only, key block)
Play: Onoe Kikugorô Ichidai Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
尾上梅寿一代噺（おのえきくごろういちだいばなし）
市村
MFA impressions: 11.27023-5 (complete triptych), 11.38138 (right sheet only, key block)
Play: Onoe Kikugorô Ichidai Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
尾上梅寿一代噺（おのえきくごろういちだいばなし）
市村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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: 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.