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「銅かねや幸兵衛 浅尾工左衛門」（初代） 「日本歌右衛門 嵐吉三郎」（二代目） 「牙のおさい あらし小六」（四代目）
Actors Asao Kuzaemon I as Dôkaneya Kôbei (R), Arashi Kichisaburô II as Nippondaemon (C), and Arashi Koroku IV as Kiba no Osai (L)
「銅かねや幸兵衛 浅尾工左衛門」（初代） 「日本歌右衛門 嵐吉三郎」（二代目） 「牙のおさい あらし小六」（四代目）
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Baien (Japanese, active 1819)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Baien (Japanese, active 1819)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 73.7 cm (14 3/4 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35419-21
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 89; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #077
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35419 (right), 11.35420 (center), 11.35421 (left)
Right and left sheets by Hokushû, center sheet by Baien.
MFA impressions:
Complete triptych, by Baien and Hokushû: 11.35419-21
Center sheet only, by Baien (different edition): 11.35107, 11.38809
Play: Tôtomigata Koi no Shiranami
Theater: Naka
遠江潟恋賊（とうとうみがたこいのしらなみ）
中
Right and left sheets by Hokushû, center sheet by Baien.
MFA impressions:
Complete triptych, by Baien and Hokushû: 11.35419-21
Center sheet only, by Baien (different edition): 11.35107, 11.38809
Play: Tôtomigata Koi no Shiranami
Theater: Naka
遠江潟恋賊（とうとうみがたこいのしらなみ）
中
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga (on right and left sheets), Baien sha (on center sheet)
春好斎北洲画 楳莚写
春好斎北洲画 楳莚写
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.