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「あふむせき」（鸚鵡石） 表紙 弁天小僧・十三代目市村羽左衛門、日本駄右衛門・三代目関三十郎、赤星十三・三代目岩井粂三郎、南郷力丸・四代目中村芝翫、忠信利平・初代河原崎権十郎
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Cover for the book Ômu ishi (The Echo Stone): Actors, clockwise from upper left: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô, Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza, Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru, and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei
「あふむせき」（鸚鵡石） 表紙 弁天小僧・十三代目市村羽左衛門、日本駄右衛門・三代目関三十郎、赤星十三・三代目岩井粂三郎、南郷力丸・四代目中村芝翫、忠信利平・初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunihisa I (Japanese, active about 1801–1818)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
24.1 × 15.1 cm (9 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45858.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
https://www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/collection/features/digital_showcase/012/10/index.html
DescriptionAlbum: 11.45858.1-.46
From a prompt book with selected lines from the play(s), for the use of fans who wanted to practice imitating the voices of famous actors, hence the generic title Echo Stone (literally Parrot Stone).
Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Actors, clockwise from upper left: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô, Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza, Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru, and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei
弁天小僧・十三代目市村羽左衛門、日本駄右衛門・三代目関三十郎、赤星十三・三代目岩井粂三郎、南郷力丸・四代目中村芝翫、忠信利平・初代河原崎権十郎
From a prompt book with selected lines from the play(s), for the use of fans who wanted to practice imitating the voices of famous actors, hence the generic title Echo Stone (literally Parrot Stone).
Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Actors, clockwise from upper left: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô, Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza, Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru, and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei
弁天小僧・十三代目市村羽左衛門、日本駄右衛門・三代目関三十郎、赤星十三・三代目岩井粂三郎、南郷力丸・四代目中村芝翫、忠信利平・初代河原崎権十郎
Signed
Kunihisa ga, in toshidama cartouche
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.