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女工藤対面 二代目瀬川雄次郎の松風の大姫君、？、初代松本米三郎の舞鶴 初代沢村東蔵の小藤太女房片田、二代目小佐川常世の工藤祐経奥方梛の葉、？ 初代瀬川路三郎の大磯の虎、初代瀬川路之助の化粧坂の少将
Confrontation Scene (Taimen) with Female Characters: Actors Segawa Yûjirô II as Ôhimegimi, ?, Matsumoto Yonesaburô I as Maizuru (R); Sawamura Tôzô I as Kotôda's Wife Katada, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Kudô's Wife Naginoha, ? (C); Segawa Michisaburô I as Tora, and Segawa Michinosuke I as Shôshô (L)
女工藤対面 二代目瀬川雄次郎の松風の大姫君、？、初代松本米三郎の舞鶴 初代沢村東蔵の小藤太女房片田、二代目小佐川常世の工藤祐経奥方梛の葉、？ 初代瀬川路三郎の大磯の虎、初代瀬川路之助の化粧坂の少将
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 74.3 cm (14 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26788, 11.26789, 11.22496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22496 (left), 11.26788 (center), 11.26789 (right)
The 5th act of the play featured a female confrontation scene (taimen), in which the villain's consort and her friends faced off against the women associated with the Soga brothers and their friend Asahina.
Play: Hana Kyôdai Aioi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
梅桜松曽我（はなきょうだいあいおいそが）
市村
1804、甲子、文化０１、01・20
The 5th act of the play featured a female confrontation scene (taimen), in which the villain's consort and her friends faced off against the women associated with the Soga brothers and their friend Asahina.
Play: Hana Kyôdai Aioi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
梅桜松曽我（はなきょうだいあいおいそが）
市村
1804、甲子、文化０１、01・20
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
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.