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二代目中島三甫右衛門の荒巻耳四郎、二代目松本幸四郎の大伴山主 三代目市川団蔵の般若五郎
Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirô, Matsumoto Kôshirô II as Ôtomo no Yamanushi (R), and Ichikawa Danzô III as Hannya Gorô (L), from an unidentified book of theatrical scenes
二代目中島三甫右衛門の荒巻耳四郎、二代目松本幸四郎の大伴山主 三代目市川団蔵の般若五郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month (date of play)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two chûbon pages; 21 x 27.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13469-70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
A similar book: Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), vol. 1, pp. 337-9
DescriptionDiptych: 11.13469 (right), 11.13470 (left)
A similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only)
Play: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
倭花小野五文字（くにのはなおののいつもじ）
中村
A similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only)
Play: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
倭花小野五文字（くにのはなおののいつもじ）
中村
Signed
(this page unsigned)
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.