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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as the Outcaste (Hinin) Hanbei (R), Iwai Shijaku I as Dôza's Younger Sister Osayo in Disguise (Jitsu wa Dôza imôto Osayo) (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as the Geisha Kohina (L)


「非人半兵衛 関三十郎」(二代目)  「実ハ団三妹おさよ 岩井紫若」(初代)  「芸者小ひな 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 x 76.4 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22229-31
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22229 (right), 11.22230 (center), 11.22231 (left)

Play: Soga Nakamura Aki no Torikomi
Theater: Nakamura
曽我中村秋取込(そがなかむらあきのとりこみ)
中村
1826、文政09、08・12
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.