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「由兵へ女房小むめ 瀬川路考」（四代目） 「梅の由兵へ 沢村源之助」（初代）
Actors Segawa Rokô IV as Yoshibei's Wife (Nyôbô) Komume (R) and Sawamura Gennosuke I as Ume no Yoshibei (L)
「由兵へ女房小むめ 瀬川路考」（四代目） 「梅の由兵へ 沢村源之助」（初代）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39.3 x 52.8 cm (15 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22390-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22390 (right), 11.22391 (left)
Play: Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi
Theater: Nakamura
隅田春妓女容性（すだのはるげいしゃかたぎ）
中村
Play: Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi
Theater: Nakamura
隅田春妓女容性（すだのはるげいしゃかたぎ）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Unidentified publisher's mark
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.