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「おどり子おやま 岩井粂三郎」（三代目）、「おとりの師匠小梅の小よし 岩井紫若」（初代） 「小天狗長吉 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Iwai Kumezaburô III as the Dancer (Odoriko) Oyama, Iwai Shijaku I as the Dance Teacher (Odori no shishô) Koume no Koyoshi (R), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotengu Chôkichi (L)
「おどり子おやま 岩井粂三郎」（三代目）、「おとりの師匠小梅の小よし 岩井紫若」（初代） 「小天狗長吉 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1837 (Tenpô 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 51 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29580-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29580 (right), 11.29581 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.29580-1, 11.40686a-b
Play: Yayoi no Hana O-Edo no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
中村
1837、天保０８、03・11
MFA impressions: 11.29580-1, 11.40686a-b
Play: Yayoi no Hana O-Edo no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
中村
1837、天保０８、03・11
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.