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Actors Arashi Kichisaburô II as Kumasaka Chôhan and Ichikawa Shiikô I as Ushiwakamaru


二代目嵐吉三郎の熊坂長範、初代市川市紅の牛若丸
Asayama Ashikuni (Japanese, about 1775–1818)
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18138
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 88
DescriptionPlay: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
勝鬨*源氏(かちどきみばえげんじ)
Signed Ashikuni
芦国
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.