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「物くさ太郎 中村玉助」（初代） 「山三妻かづらき 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Actors Nakamura Tamasuke I as Monogusa Tarô (R) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sanza's wife Kazuraki (L)
「物くさ太郎 中村玉助」（初代） 「山三妻かづらき 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1837 (Tenpô 8), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 49.5 cm (14 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36453a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 103; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #38-14; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #007
DescriptionPlay: Monogusa Tarô
Theater: Naka
物ぐさ太郎
中
Theater: Naka
物ぐさ太郎
中
Signed
Hasegawa Sadanobu ga (on each sheet)
長谷川貞信画
長谷川貞信画
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.