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Actors Nakayama Tomisaburô I as Oniô's Wife (Nyôbô) Tsukisayo (R), Ichikawa Komazô III as Izu Jirô Sukekane (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô I as Soga Ninomiya (L)


「鬼王女房月さよ 中山富三郎」(初代)  「伊豆次郎祐兼 市川こま蔵」(三代目)  「曽我二のみや 岩井粂三郎」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1800 (Kansei 12), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 25.5 x 38.9 cm (10 1/16 x 15 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26718-20
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.26718 (left), 11.26719 (center), 11.26720 (right)

Play: Fuji o Mimasu Saiwai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
富士三升幸曽我(ふじをみますさいわいそが)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
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.