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「与兵へ女房おつま実ハ吾妻 坂東しうか」（初代） 「南与兵衛 中村歌右衛門」（四代目） 「山崎与五郎 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Actors Bandô Shûka I as Yohei's Wife (Nyôbô) Otsuma, Actually (jitsu wa) Azuma (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nan Yohei (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yamazaki Yogorô (L)
「与兵へ女房おつま実ハ吾妻 坂東しうか」（初代） 「南与兵衛 中村歌右衛門」（四代目） 「山崎与五郎 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.8 cm (14 7/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21349-51
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21349 (center), 11.21350 (left), 11.21351 (right)
Play: Hana ni Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Ichimura
種花蝶蝶色成秋（はなにちょういろのできあき）
市村
1841、天保１２、08・28
Play: Hana ni Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Ichimura
種花蝶蝶色成秋（はなにちょういろのできあき）
市村
1841、天保１２、08・28
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.