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「堀こし七左 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「町芸者おやま 岩井半四郎」（六代目） 「廻し音松 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Horikoshi Shichiza (R), Iwai Hanshirô VI as the Town Geisha (Machi geisha) Oyama (C), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Mawashi Otomatsu (L)
「堀こし七左 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「町芸者おやま 岩井半四郎」（六代目） 「廻し音松 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 72.9 cm (14 1/8 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43448a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
見立
Signed
Ôju Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
応需香蝶楼国貞画
応需香蝶楼国貞画
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.