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ゐわ瀬のつぼね 「坂東三津五郎」（三代目） お初 「尾上松助」（二代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Iwase no tsubone (R) and Onoe Matsusuke II as Ohatsu (L)
ゐわ瀬のつぼね 「坂東三津五郎」（三代目） お初 「尾上松助」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.5 x 53 cm (15 3/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13574, 11.13585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-7608 (L only)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.13574 (left), 11.13585 (right)
Play: Okudôsha Bandô Junrei
Theater: Nakamura
群客坂東頌（おくどうしゃばんどうじゅんれい）
中村、一番目六建目
Play: Okudôsha Bandô Junrei
Theater: Nakamura
群客坂東頌（おくどうしゃばんどうじゅんれい）
中村、一番目六建目
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame (on both sheets), Hamamatsuya Kôsuke (on right sheet only)
改印：極、濱幸
改印：極、濱幸
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.