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芝居絵 水木竹十郎の女旅人、四代目市村竹之丞の傀儡師
Actors Mizuki Takejûrô (?) as a Woman Traveller and Ichimura Takenojô IV as a Puppeteer (Kairaishi), from an untitled series of Theater Pictures (Shibai-e)
芝居絵 水木竹十郎の女旅人、四代目市村竹之丞の傀儡師
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1711 (Hôei 8/Shôtoku 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27.2 x 35.8 cm (10 11/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13362
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1812; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), p. 160 (no photo); Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #D-3
DescriptionTen sheets from the set of twelve: 11.13361 to 11.13369 and 21.5731, plus an additional half sheet, 21.7199. The plays that can be identified were performed between 1709 and 1710, and so the series may have been made for New Year of 1711.
Play: Kaikei Sumidagawa
Theater: Ichimura
会稽角田川（かいけいすみだがわ）
市村
Play: Kaikei Sumidagawa
Theater: Ichimura
会稽角田川（かいけいすみだがわ）
市村
Signed
(On the final sheet in the series: Tôbu Yamato Eshi Okumura Masanobu zu)
（東武大和画師奥村政信図）
（東武大和画師奥村政信図）
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.