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「周防の内侍実は三日月おせん 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Suô no naishi, actually (jitsu wa) Mikazuki Osen
「周防の内侍実は三日月おせん 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 26.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Shitennô Yagura no Ishizue
Theater: Ichimura
四天王櫓礎（してんのうやぐらのいしずえ）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
四天王櫓礎（してんのうやぐらのいしずえ）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Horse 11
No publisher's mark
改印：極
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：極
版元：なし
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.