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Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Matsushimabô (R) and Nakamura Tomijûrô II as the Ghost of Segawa (L)


「松島坊 片岡我童」(二代目)  「瀬川の霊 中村富十郎」(二代目)
Gochôtei Sadahiro (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 50.2 cm (14 9/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36468a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 104
DescriptionPlay: Tekuda no Hana Keisei Dôjô-ji
Theater: Naka
傚花傾城道成寺(てくだのはなけいせいどうじょうじ)

Signed Gorakutei Sadahiro ga (on each sheet)
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.