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「九紋りやうの長五郎 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「とうふやの三郎兵衛 沢村訥升」（初代）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Kumonryû no Chôgorô (R) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Tôfuya no Saburobei (L)
「九紋りやうの長五郎 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「とうふやの三郎兵衛 沢村訥升」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 50.1 cm (14 7/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38436a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
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DescriptionActually the two outer sheets of a triptych, accidentally photographed in reverse order: Sawamura Tosshô I as Tôfuya no Saburobei should be the right sheet and Onoe Kikugorô III as Kumonryû no Chôgorô (with the tattooed dragons) should be the left sheet. The missing center sheet shows Seki Sanjûrô II as Fuwa Banzaemon.
Play: Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
桜時花吉原（さくらどきはなのよしわら）
中村
1833、天保０４、03・03
Play: Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
桜時花吉原（さくらどきはなのよしわら）
中村
1833、天保０４、03・03
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: 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.