Advanced Search 
「五変化乃内」 奴・娘 三代目市川市蔵
Actor Ichikawa Ichizô III as a Footman (Yakko) and a Girl (Musume), from the series Dance of Five Changes (Gohenge no uchi)
「五変化乃内」 奴・娘 三代目市川市蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably a triptych: 11.40997-9 (order uncertain; no VR)
Play (finale of Part 2): Yosete Gogyô Shosa no Futsutsuka
Play: Komamukai Tanomi no Tsumikomi
Theater: Morita
☆五行所作の拙（よせてごぎょうしょさのふつつか） 常磐津、富本、長唄
駒迎田実入魁込（こまむかいたのみのつみこみ）
守田、二番目大切
1858、安政０５
Play (finale of Part 2): Yosete Gogyô Shosa no Futsutsuka
Play: Komamukai Tanomi no Tsumikomi
Theater: Morita
☆五行所作の拙（よせてごぎょうしょさのふつつか） 常磐津、富本、長唄
駒迎田実入魁込（こまむかいたのみのつみこみ）
守田、二番目大切
1858、安政０５
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 7
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午七
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午七
彫師：横川彫竹
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.