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「園部ノ左衛門 嵐三五郎」（四代目） 「奴妻平 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「妼まかき 坂東寿太郎」（初代） 「薄雪姫 藤川友吉」（二代目）
Actors, from right: Arashi Sangorô IV as Sonobe no Saemon, Arashi Rikan II as the Footman (Yakko) Tsumahei, Bandô Jûtarô I as Koshimoto Magaki, and Fujikawa Tomokichi II as Usuyuki-hime
「園部ノ左衛門 嵐三五郎」（四代目） 「奴妻平 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「妼まかき 坂東寿太郎」（初代） 「薄雪姫 藤川友吉」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban tetraptych; 38.3 x 133.7 cm (15 1/16 x 52 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35128-31
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97
DescriptionTetraptych, from right to left: 11.35128, 11.35129, 11.35130, 11.35131
Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
Theater: Naka
新うすゆき物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
中
Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
Theater: Naka
新うすゆき物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
中
Signed
Gigadô Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
戯画堂芦ゆき画
戯画堂芦ゆき画
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.