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「三郎兵衛妹おみつ 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「三郎兵衛 坂東三津五郎」（三代目）
Actors Segawa Kikunojô V as Saburobei's Younger Sister (Imôto) Omitsu (R) and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Saburobei (L)
「三郎兵衛妹おみつ 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「三郎兵衛 坂東三津五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1820 (Bunsei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 53 cm (14 3/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37197-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.37197 (right), 11.37198 (left)
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Nakamura
楼門五山桐（さんもんごさんのきり）
中村
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Nakamura
楼門五山桐（さんもんごさんのきり）
中村
Signed
Kuniyasu ga (on each sheet)
国安画
国安画
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.