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「はたもちのお六実ハ天のはふりの神女 瀬川路考」（四代目） 「鹿島の事ふれ実ハ山木の判官 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「黒木うり姫ごせのおせん 瀬川仙女」
Actors Segawa Rokô IV as Hatamochi no Oroku, Actually the Heavenly Woman Shrine Attendant (Jitsu wa Ama no hafuri [=hôri] no shinnyo) (R); Nakamura Utaemon III as a Kashima Shrine Priest (Kashima no kotofure), Actually Yamaki no Hangan (C); and Segawa Senjo as the Firewood-selling Girl (Kurokiuri musume) Gose no Osen (L)
「はたもちのお六実ハ天のはふりの神女 瀬川路考」（四代目） 「鹿島の事ふれ実ハ山木の判官 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「黒木うり姫ごせのおせん 瀬川仙女」
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75.3 cm (14 3/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22434, 11.22435, 11.24998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0644 (C only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22434 (left), 11.22435 (right), 11.24998 (center)
Play (second part, finale, jôruri): Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Onga no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
色和倭院宣（ぬれやつしかなのいんぜん）
御摂恩賀仙（ごひいきおんがのしまだい）
中村 、一番目三建目
文化０５ ( 1808)・11・01
Play (second part, finale, jôruri): Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Onga no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
色和倭院宣（ぬれやつしかなのいんぜん）
御摂恩賀仙（ごひいきおんがのしまだい）
中村 、一番目三建目
文化０５ ( 1808)・11・01
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
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.