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「不破伴左衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fuwa Banzaemon
「不破伴左衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.3 x 18.5 cm (9 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35598
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 106; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #311
DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.35598 (left sheet only), 11.35599a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Satomoyô Kabuki no Inazuma
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Meirakudô publisher's mark.
花街模様劇稲妻
中
MFA impressions: 11.35598 (left sheet only), 11.35599a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Satomoyô Kabuki no Inazuma
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Meirakudô publisher's mark.
花街模様劇稲妻
中
Signed
Hirosada
広貞
広貞
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.