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「斎藤太郎左衛門 市川海老造」（五代目） 「花ぞの 嵐璃寛」（三代目） 「大塔宮曦鎧」
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Saitô Tarôzaemon (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Hanazono (L) in the play Ôtô no Miya Asahi no Yoroi
「斎藤太郎左衛門 市川海老造」（五代目） 「花ぞの 嵐璃寛」（三代目） 「大塔宮曦鎧」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.5 x 37 cm (10 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37058a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 110; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #567
DescriptionPlay: Ôtô no Miya Asahi no Yoroi
Theater: Kado
大塔宮曦鎧
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Theater: Kado
大塔宮曦鎧
角
Signed
Kunikazu (on each sheet)
国員
国員
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.