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「つほね岩ふじ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「はしたおはつ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Tsubone Iwafuji (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Hashita Ohatsu (L)
「つほね岩ふじ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「はしたおはつ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 50.2 cm (14 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15136-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.15136 (left), 11.15137 (right)
Play: Sugata no Hana Yayoi no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
姿花宿錦絵（すがたのはなやよいのにしきえ）
市村
1829、文政１２、03・05
Play: Sugata no Hana Yayoi no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
姿花宿錦絵（すがたのはなやよいのにしきえ）
市村
1829、文政１２、03・05
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
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.