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「大判司清すみ 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「こうひつ定香 中村芝翫」（初代）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Daihanji no Kiyosumi (R) and Nakamura Shikan I as the Dowager (Kôhitsu [=Kôshitsu]) Teika (L)
「大判司清すみ 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「こうひつ定香 中村芝翫」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.7 x 53.3 cm (15 1/4 x 21 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21519-20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-2914 (R), 100-2915 (L); Iizuka, Kabuki saiken (1926), p. 10
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21519 (left), 11.21520 (right)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Namakura
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Namakura
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
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.