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「筑前守久吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）、「輝若君 坂東勝次郎」 「乳人侍従 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Chikuzen no kami Hisayoshi, Bandô Katsujirô as Teruwaka no Kimi (R), and Iwai Shijaku I as the Wet nurse (Menoto) Jijû (L)
「筑前守久吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）、「輝若君 坂東勝次郎」 「乳人侍従 岩井紫若」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.3 x 51.2 cm (14 11/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16386-7
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.16386 (right), 11.16387 (left)
Play: Gohiiki Yakko no Konoshita
Theater: Ichimura
御贔屓握虎木下（ごひいきやっこのこのした）
市村
1840、天保１１、08・02
Play: Gohiiki Yakko no Konoshita
Theater: Ichimura
御贔屓握虎木下（ごひいきやっこのこのした）
市村
1840、天保１１、08・02
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.