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Actors Arashi Konomatsu as Kôchi no Hyôe's Daughter Tsumagi (R), Onoe Shôkichi as Kôtô no Naishi (?) (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô I as Kehi no Miya Tsukasa Goinosuke, Actually the Spirit of a White Heron (L)


嵐此松の河内兵衛娘妻木  尾上小吉のの匂当の内侍ヵ  初代坂東三津五郎の気比宮司五位之助実ハ白鷺の精
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 30.5 x 15 cm (12 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18822, 11.18823, 11.18858
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné A related print: Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #8
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18822 (left), 11.18823 (right), 11.18858 (center)

Play (kaomise): Sakikaese Yuki no Mi-Yoshino
Theater: Morita
荘雪三吉野(さきかえせゆきのみよしの)
森田

Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #8, gives the name Yadorigi instad of Tsumagi.
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.