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「駒若丸」 初代三枡雀三郎 「松右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「権四郎」 初代片岡市蔵
Actors Mimasu Jakusaburô I as Komawakamaru and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuemon (R), and Kataoka Ichizô I as Gonshirô (L)
「駒若丸」 初代三枡雀三郎 「松右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「権四郎」 初代片岡市蔵
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.5 x 37.1 cm (10 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35553a-b
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), #382
DescriptionPlay: Hirakana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
ひらかな盛衰記
中
Theater: Naka
ひらかな盛衰記
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.