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「四季七小町之内」「春 けいせい 鳥さし」「中村松江 御名残狂言」 （三代目中村松江）
Spring: Actor Nakamura Matsue III in a Farewell Performance as Both a Courtesan and a Birdcatcher (Haru, keisei, torisashi, Nakamura Matsue onagori kyôgen), from the series Seven Komachi in Four Seasons (Shiki nana Komachi no uchi)
「四季七小町之内」「春 けいせい 鳥さし」「中村松江 御名残狂言」 （三代目中村松江）
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17222
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-7017
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Nana Komachi Sugata no Saishiki
Scene: Spring
Play (second feasture): Mukashi Hachijô
Play (main feature): Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
Theater: Nakamura
七小町容彩四季（ななこまちすがたのさいしき）、長唄
場名：春
昔八丈（むかしはちじょう）
源平布引滝（げいぺいぬのびきのたき）
中村、二番目大切
Scene: Spring
Play (second feasture): Mukashi Hachijô
Play (main feature): Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
Theater: Nakamura
七小町容彩四季（ななこまちすがたのさいしき）、長唄
場名：春
昔八丈（むかしはちじょう）
源平布引滝（げいぺいぬのびきのたき）
中村、二番目大切
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.