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Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Shiratsuka Jûemon (R) and Segawa Kikunojô III as Iwakoshi (L)


初代尾上松助の白柄十右衛門  三代目瀬川菊之丞の大磯屋の岩越
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1786 (Tenmei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.9 x 14.5 cm (12 15/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18815, 54.1513
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18815 (left), 54.1513 (right)

Play: Ôkazari Kotobuki Soga
Theater: Kiri
大飾寿曽我(おおかざりことぶきそが)

Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape)
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.