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「蝶々紋日 巻ノ一 幻竹右衛門」四代目三枡大五郎 「放駒長吉」初代実川延三郎 「濡髪長五郎」四代目中村歌右衛門
Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Maboroshi Takeemon (R), Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Hanaregoma Chôkichi (C), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nuregami Chôgorô (L), in Act 1 of Chôchô no Monbi
「蝶々紋日 巻ノ一 幻竹右衛門」四代目三枡大五郎 「放駒長吉」初代実川延三郎 「濡髪長五郎」四代目中村歌右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban triptych; 25 x 54 cm (9 13/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35573a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 107; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #348
DescriptionPlay: Hanazumô Chôchô no Monbi
Theater: Naka
花相撲蝶々紋日（はなずもうちょうちょうのもんび）
中
Theater: Naka
花相撲蝶々紋日（はなずもうちょうちょうのもんび）
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.