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「中村源太郎」、「市村竹之丞」（四代目）、「滝井半四郎」
Actors Nakamura Gentarô, Ichimura Takenojô IV, and Takii Hanshirô
「中村源太郎」、「市村竹之丞」（四代目）、「滝井半四郎」
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Attributed to: Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1711 (Hôei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.5 x 15.5 cm (11 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13162
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2307
DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
The play has not yet been identified, but it must date between 1711.11, when Takii Hanshirô took this name, and 1714.2, when he was dismissed as a result of the Ejima scandal (and used another name later, after he was pardoned and returned to acting).
The play has not yet been identified, but it must date between 1711.11, when Takii Hanshirô took this name, and 1714.2, when he was dismissed as a result of the Ejima scandal (and used another name later, after he was pardoned and returned to acting).
Signed
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.