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Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Nagoya Sanza (R) and Mimasu Baisha I as the Footman (Yakko) Shikazô (L), in Act 8 of Inazuma Sôshi


「稲妻双紙 巻ノ八」 「名古屋山三」初代実川延三郎  「奴鹿蔵」初代三枡梅舎
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Kawaoto (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25.2 x 37 cm (9 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35611a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 106
DescriptionPlay: Satomoyô Kabuki no Inazuma
Theater: Naka
花街模様劇稲妻(さともようかぶきのいなずま)

Signed Hirosada (on each sheet)
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.