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「小天狗長吉 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「おどりの師匠小梅の小よし 岩井紫若」 「源兵へ堀の源助 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotengu Chôkichi (R), Iwai Shijaku as the Dance Teacher (Odori no shishô) Koume no Koyoshi (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Genbeibori no Gensuke (L)
「小天狗長吉 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「おどりの師匠小梅の小よし 岩井紫若」 「源兵へ堀の源助 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1837 (Tenpô 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.1 cm (14 5/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26985-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26985 (left), 11.26986 (center), 11.26987 (right)
Play: Yayoi no Hana O-Edo no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
中村
1837、天保０８、03・11
Play: Yayoi no Hana O-Edo no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
中村
1837、天保０８、03・11
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.