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「御しゆでんお熊 岩井紫若」 （二代目） 「小猿七之助 河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「局みせおさん 市川小半次」（初代）
Actors Iwai Shijaku II as Goshuden Okuma (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Kozaru Shichinosuke, and Ichikawa Kohanji I as Tsubonemise Osan (L)
「御しゆでんお熊 岩井紫若」 （二代目） 「小猿七之助 河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「局みせおさん 市川小半次」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.3 × 50 cm (14 11/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38948a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitaka Shima Chibiki no Aminote
Theater: Nakamura
義高島千摂網手 （よしたかしまちびきのあみのて）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
義高島千摂網手 （よしたかしまちびきのあみのて）
中村
Signed
Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑五改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑五改
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.