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「橋弁慶 牛若丸 嵐徳三郎」 （四代目） 「弁慶 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Actors Arashi Tokusaburô IV as Ushiwakamaru (R) and Onoe Tamizô II as Benkei (L), in the play Hashi Benkei
「橋弁慶 牛若丸 嵐徳三郎」 （四代目） 「弁慶 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.5 x 35.3 cm (9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35053-4
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. 3 (2001), #408
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35053 (right), 11.35054 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.35053-4 (complete diptych), 11.41921 (left sheet only)
Play: Hashi Benkei (Benkei at the Bridge)
Theater: Kado
「橋弁慶」
角
MFA impressions: 11.35053-4 (complete diptych), 11.41921 (left sheet only)
Play: Hashi Benkei (Benkei at the Bridge)
Theater: Kado
「橋弁慶」
角
Signed
Hakusuisai Hironobu (on right sheet), Hironobu (on left sheet)
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.
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.