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「卜部秀武 松本幸四郎」（五代目） 「古くものせい 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「さか田公時 市川団十郎」（七代目）
Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Urabe Hidetake (R), Segawa Kikunojô V as the Spirit of an Old Spider (Kogumo no sei) (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Sakata Kintoki (L)
「卜部秀武 松本幸四郎」（五代目） 「古くものせい 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「さか田公時 市川団十郎」（七代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.7 x 78.1 cm (15 1/4 x 30 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21513-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21513 (left), 11.21514 (center), 11.21515 (right)
Play: Yama Mata Yama Oyotsume-banashi
Theater: Tamagawa, Edo
巍魂箱直噺（やままたやまおよつめばなし）
玉川
Play: Yama Mata Yama Oyotsume-banashi
Theater: Tamagawa, Edo
巍魂箱直噺（やままたやまおよつめばなし）
玉川
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.