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「小姓吉三郎 坂東彦三郎」（二代目）、「八百屋お七 瀬川菊之丞」（二代目）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô II as Koshô Kichisaburô and Segawa Kikunojô II as Yaoya Oshichi
「小姓吉三郎 坂東彦三郎」（二代目）、「八百屋お七 瀬川菊之丞」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1761 (Hôreki 11), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.2 x 13.5 cm (11 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13483
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #13
DescriptionPlay: Fude Tsubana Yaoya Oshichi
Theater: Ichimura
筆葽八百屋お七（ふでつばなやおやおしち）
市村
At the Nakamura theater in the 1st month of 1768, the same actors played the same roles shown in this print, reprising their earlier performance of 1761. The main feature was entitled Fudesome Soga no Tamazusa, with Yaoya Oshichi as the second feature. However, the earlier date seems more likely because of the benizuri-e technique.
Theater: Ichimura
筆葽八百屋お七（ふでつばなやおやおしち）
市村
At the Nakamura theater in the 1st month of 1768, the same actors played the same roles shown in this print, reprising their earlier performance of 1761. The main feature was entitled Fudesome Soga no Tamazusa, with Yaoya Oshichi as the second feature. However, the earlier date seems more likely because of the benizuri-e technique.
Signed
Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
北尾重政画
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.