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「来ル申の正月中旬より浅草御境内ニおいて興行仕候」 「乍憚以口上奉申上候（十二行・読解不可）」 「三世相女夫合・明烏花濡衣・世話情浮名横櫛・国性爺紅流・勧進帳」 「機関人形細工人御馴染竹田縫殿之助・生人形細工人肥後熊本秋山平十郎」
Life-sized Dolls Representing Scenes from Kabuki Plays, on Display at Asakusa
「来ル申の正月中旬より浅草御境内ニおいて興行仕候」 「乍憚以口上奉申上候（十二行・読解不可）」 「三世相女夫合・明烏花濡衣・世話情浮名横櫛・国性爺紅流・勧進帳」 「機関人形細工人御馴染竹田縫殿之助・生人形細工人肥後熊本秋山平十郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
36.8 x 49.5 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45578
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049120.html
DescriptionAdvance publicity for an exhibition in the 1st month of the following year, 1860.
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga (on central picture panel)
一蕙斎芳幾画
一蕙斎芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十二改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「憚りながら口上を以て申し上げ奉り候
一、御町中様益々御機嫌克く御座遊ばされ恐悦至極に存じ奉り候。然れば御当山御開帳に付き何がな御慰みに相成る義と種々工夫仕り罷り在り候折から、御贔屓様より仰せ下され候処、先年御高評に預り大入大繁昌致し候生人形の細工、右に基き御馴染竹田縫殿之助、又其節罷り下り候秋山平十郎□両人に申し付け、新規の妙案致させ候様御差図に従い、即ち平十郎へは生人形の細工、人間万事塞翁が馬の幸蔵□□三世相女夫合と名付け、五つの相性にて貴賤貧富の様を滑稽にうつし、生きるが如くの人物世界の穴さがし。また縫殿之助は過去現在の御ひゐき俳優の肖像をうつさせ、過ぎし劇場の□て、茲に三升の七代八代、違いの栄花□□似たりや似たり□の勧進帳に□けき袖を絞り、是ぞ手向けの幣ともならん歟。扨大詰にいたりては文殊の浄土に帰りける彼石橋をわたらして、唐子遊びの獅子の曲、何れも両人丹精を尽し御覧に入れ奉り候間、何卒初日より永当〳〵御見物に御光駕の段、希い上げ奉り候以上」
一、御町中様益々御機嫌克く御座遊ばされ恐悦至極に存じ奉り候。然れば御当山御開帳に付き何がな御慰みに相成る義と種々工夫仕り罷り在り候折から、御贔屓様より仰せ下され候処、先年御高評に預り大入大繁昌致し候生人形の細工、右に基き御馴染竹田縫殿之助、又其節罷り下り候秋山平十郎□両人に申し付け、新規の妙案致させ候様御差図に従い、即ち平十郎へは生人形の細工、人間万事塞翁が馬の幸蔵□□三世相女夫合と名付け、五つの相性にて貴賤貧富の様を滑稽にうつし、生きるが如くの人物世界の穴さがし。また縫殿之助は過去現在の御ひゐき俳優の肖像をうつさせ、過ぎし劇場の□て、茲に三升の七代八代、違いの栄花□□似たりや似たり□の勧進帳に□けき袖を絞り、是ぞ手向けの幣ともならん歟。扨大詰にいたりては文殊の浄土に帰りける彼石橋をわたらして、唐子遊びの獅子の曲、何れも両人丹精を尽し御覧に入れ奉り候間、何卒初日より永当〳〵御見物に御光駕の段、希い上げ奉り候以上」
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.