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「熊手屋娘たがね」三代目岩井粂三郎 「熊手屋内菖蒲」三代目嵐璃寛 「紫大尽実は児雷也」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Tagane, Daughter (Musume) of the Kumadeya (R), Arashi Rikan III as Shôbu of the Kumadeya (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Murasaki Daijin, actually (jitsu wa) Jiraiya (L)
「熊手屋娘たがね」三代目岩井粂三郎 「熊手屋内菖蒲」三代目嵐璃寛 「紫大尽実は児雷也」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 71.5 cm (13 7/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43983a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：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: 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.