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「役者舞台之姿絵 まさつや」 二代目中村仲蔵の荒巻耳四郎
Masatsuya (Actor Nakamura Nakazô II as Aramaki Mimishirô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
「役者舞台之姿絵 まさつや」 二代目中村仲蔵の荒巻耳四郎
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.7 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #31; TNM, Sharaku (2011), #252; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 212, fig. 17; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #125; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 30, #17
DescriptionPlay (shosagoto): Ôshukubai Koi no Hatsune
Play (main feature): Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare
Theater: Miyako
鶯宿梅恋初音（おうしゅくばいこいのはつね）
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
Play (main feature): Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare
Theater: Miyako
鶯宿梅恋初音（おうしゅくばいこいのはつね）
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.