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「孝行たばこノ三吉」四代目市川小団次 「千切屋娘お梅」三代目岩井粂三郎 「山形屋儀兵衛」二代目片岡我童
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kôkô Tabako no Sankichi (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Oume, Daughter of the Chigiriya (Chigiriya musume Oume) (C), and Kataoka Gadô II as Yamagataya Gihei (L)
「孝行たばこノ三吉」四代目市川小団次 「千切屋娘お梅」三代目岩井粂三郎 「山形屋儀兵衛」二代目片岡我童
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.4 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21302-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21302 (left), 11.21303 (center), 11.21304 (right)
Play: Hana Butai Banjaku Soga
Theater: Nakamura
The casting is not the same as in the actual play, so the print may have been advance publicity.
花舞台団岩曽我（はなぶたいばんじゃくそが）
中村
1855、安政０２、03・07
実際の配役名とは異なる。予定稿ヵ。
Play: Hana Butai Banjaku Soga
Theater: Nakamura
The casting is not the same as in the actual play, so the print may have been advance publicity.
花舞台団岩曽我（はなぶたいばんじゃくそが）
中村
1855、安政０２、03・07
実際の配役名とは異なる。予定稿ヵ。
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯二
彫師：なし
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.