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「おりへ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「矢間重太郎 関三十郎」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Orie (R) and Seki Sanjûrô II as Yazama Jûtarô (L)
「おりへ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「矢間重太郎 関三十郎」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.9 x 52.9 cm (15 5/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22674-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #30; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #191; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #367
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22674 (right), 11.22675 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.22674-5 (complete), 17.3213.15 (right sheet only)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshin Kôshaku
Theater: Kitahorie
仮名手本忠臣講釈
北堀江
MFA impressions: 11.22674-5 (complete), 17.3213.15 (right sheet only)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshin Kôshaku
Theater: Kitahorie
仮名手本忠臣講釈
北堀江
Signed
Shunshosai Hokuchô ga (on each sheet)
春曙斎北頂画
春曙斎北頂画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.