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「梅のよし兵へ 沢村源之助」（初代） 「よし兵へ女房小むめ 瀬川路考」（四代目）
Actors Sawamura Gennosuke I as Ume no Yoshibei (R) and Segawa Rokô IV as Yoshibei's Wife (Nyôbô) Komume (L)
「梅のよし兵へ 沢村源之助」（初代） 「よし兵へ女房小むめ 瀬川路考」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.4 x 51 cm (15 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22834-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22834 (left), 11.22835 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.22834-5, 11.40042-3
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
MFA impressions: 11.22834-5, 11.40042-3
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
No censor's seal
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.