Advanced Search 
「妹背山武勇伝」 「大判事」四代目中村歌右衛門 「久我之助」初代実川延三郎 「定高」四代目三枡大五郎 「ひな鳥」二代目中山南枝
Actors, from right: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Daihanji, Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Koganosuke, Mimasu Daigorô IV as Sadaka, and Nakayama Nanshi II as Hinadori, in Imoseyama Buyûden
「妹背山武勇伝」 「大判事」四代目中村歌右衛門 「久我之助」初代実川延三郎 「定高」四代目三枡大五郎 「ひな鳥」二代目中山南枝
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban tetraptych; 25 x 71.6 cm (9 13/16 x 28 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35627a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #257
DescriptionPlay: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Naka
妹背山婦女庭訓
中
Theater: Naka
妹背山婦女庭訓
中
Signed
Hirosada (on each sheet)
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.