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「召仕はつ 岩井紫若」（初代） 「中老おのへ 尾上栄三郎」（三代目） 「局岩藤 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Meshitsukai Hatsu (R), Onoe Eizaburô III as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Tsubone Iwafuji (L)
「召仕はつ 岩井紫若」（初代） 「中老おのへ 尾上栄三郎」（三代目） 「局岩藤 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.2 cm (14 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29932-4
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: *11.29932 (center), *11.29933 (left), *11.29934 (right)
MFA impressions: *11.29932-4 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40638a-c
Play: Iwao no Hana Nami no Shiraishi
Theater: Kawarazaki
岩藤浪白石（いわおのはななみのしらいし）
河原崎
MFA impressions: *11.29932-4 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40638a-c
Play: Iwao no Hana Nami no Shiraishi
Theater: Kawarazaki
岩藤浪白石（いわおのはななみのしらいし）
河原崎
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.