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「かつらき太夫 中村松江」（三代目） 「不破伴左衛門 坂東寿太郎」（初代） 「中居お宮 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Matsue III as the Courtesan (Tayû) Katsuragi (R), Bandô Jûtarô I as Fuha Banzaemon (C), and Iwai Shijaku I as the Attendant (Nakai) Omiya (L)
「かつらき太夫 中村松江」（三代目） 「不破伴左衛門 坂東寿太郎」（初代） 「中居お宮 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
1832 (Tenpô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 77.1 cm (14 3/4 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30384-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 162
DescriptionTriptych: 11.30384 (left), 11.30385 (center), 11.30386 (right)
Play: Keisei Shinasadame
けいせい品評林（けいせいしなさだめ）
Play: Keisei Shinasadame
けいせい品評林（けいせいしなさだめ）
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.