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「契情なつなの佳節」 「陸奥霊 市川右団次」（初代） 「胡蝶の前 片岡松太郎」
Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as the Ghost (Rei) of Michinoku (R) and Kataoka Shôtarô as Kochô no Mae (L), in Keisei Nazuna no Sekku
「契情なつなの佳節」 「陸奥霊 市川右団次」（初代） 「胡蝶の前 片岡松太郎」
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with embossing
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.2 x 35.7 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36147a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 121
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Nazuna no Sekku (Courtesans at the Festival of Spring Flowers)
Theater: Kado
けいせい薺佳節（けいせいなづなのせっく）
角
Theater: Kado
けいせい薺佳節（けいせいなづなのせっく）
角
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on right sheet), Yoshitaki hitsu (on left sheet)
芳瀧画 芳瀧筆
芳瀧画 芳瀧筆
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.