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Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Shizuka Gozen (R) and Onoe Tamizô II as Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu (L), in the Travel Scene (Michiyuki) of Senbon-zakura


「千本桜道行 しつか御前 嵐璃珏」(二代目) 「狐忠信 尾上多見蔵」(二代目)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.9 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36071a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112; Kitagawa, ed., Kamigata yakusha-e gacho (2006), #47
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36071a-b, 11.41918 (left sheet only)

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Kado
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)

Signed Yoshitaki (on right sheet), Yoshitaki ga (on left sheet)
芳瀧 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.