Actors Fujikawa Kayû III as the Country Girl (Inaka musume) Ohana, Seki Sanjûrô III as the Quack Doctor (Taiko isha) Sanshôtei, Bandô Tamasaburô II as Otama, the Daughter of the Maizuruya, Bandô Shûka I as the Naka-no-chô Geisha Ohide, and the Playwright Matsushima Tsuruji

Utagawa Naomasa (Japanese, active about 1830–1860)

Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.44675

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InscriptionsSong: Omae onna no na de O-Isesan, kagura ga osuki de toppiki pii no pii, shishi wa Morokoshi Kôshi-sama, Ten-Ten-Tenjiku o Shaka-sama, maruku osamaru sangokuken, nan no kotta jabujabu ohige o nadenade, kururi to mawatte ikken shiyo おまへ女の名でお伊勢さん。神楽がお好きでとっぴきぴィのぴひ。獅子は唐土孔子さま。てんてん天ぢくおしゃかさま。丸くおさまる三ごくけん。なんのこったじゃぶじゃぶお髭をなでなで。くるりと廻って一拳しょ

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.