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Bamboo: Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Akechi Mitsuhide, from the series Representing Pine, Bamboo, and Plum (Mitate shôchikubai no uchi)


見立松竹梅の内 竹 「明智光秀(あけちみつひで) 大谷友右衛門(おおたにともえもん)」(五代大谷友右衛門の明智光秀)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period--Meiji era
about 1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35528
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 120
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete triptych.
「見立松竹梅の内 竹」(中判錦絵3枚続)の中の図。安土時代の武将明智光秀を演じた大谷友右衛門は、四代友右衛門の次男。友松、友右衛門、紫道、広次と改名したのち、再び友右衛門を名乗った。 -- 武藤 純子K
Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
Marks 画家の印章: 朱印あり
版元: なし
改印: なし
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.