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「藤屋伊左衛門 片岡我童」（二代目）「俳優当世鏡」 「扇屋夕きり 中村富十郎」（二代目）「俳優当世かゞみ」
Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Fujiya Izaemon (R) and Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Yûgiri of the Ôgiya (L), from the series modern Mirror of Actors (Haiyû tôsei kagami)
「藤屋伊左衛門 片岡我童」（二代目）「俳優当世鏡」 「扇屋夕きり 中村富十郎」（二代目）「俳優当世かゞみ」
Gochôtei Sadamasu I (Kunimasu) (Japanese, active 1834–1852)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.2 x 50.6 cm (14 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36005a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 103
DescriptionPlay: Kuruwa Bunshô
廓文章（くるわぶんしょう）
廓文章（くるわぶんしょう）
Signed
Gochôtei Sadamasu ga (on each sheet)
五蝶亭貞升画
五蝶亭貞升画
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.