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「鳥井亦助 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「唐橋作十郎 実川延三郎」（初代）
Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Torii Matasuke (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Karahashi Sakujûrô (L)
「鳥井亦助 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「唐橋作十郎 実川延三郎」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36104a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #198 (complete tetraptych)
DescriptionThe two center sheets of an incomplete tetraptych.
Play: Keisei Hyakumangoku
Theater: Naka
傾城百万国（けいせいひゃくまんごく）
中
Play: Keisei Hyakumangoku
Theater: Naka
傾城百万国（けいせいひゃくまんごく）
中
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki ga (on left sheet)
芳瀧画 一養亭芳瀧画
芳瀧画 一養亭芳瀧画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.