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「恋合 端唄尽し」 「小町」三代目沢村田之助、「業平」二代目沢村訥升
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Komachi and Sawamura Tosshô II as Narihira, from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi)
「恋合 端唄尽し」 「小町」三代目沢村田之助、「業平」二代目沢村訥升
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban 36.7 x 25.1 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40937
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mostow, Courtly Visions (2014), fig. 150
Signed
Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
彫師：なし
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.