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三代目大谷広次の鳥ノ海三郎天安部宗任
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as Abe no Munetô
三代目大谷広次の鳥ノ海三郎天安部宗任
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1768 (Meiwa 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; about 33 × 15.2 cm (13 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18477
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 030-0158; Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #48; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #115
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.18477 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.18478
Play: Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe
Theater: Ichimura
男山弓勢競（おとこやまゆんぜいくらべ）
市村
Play: Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe
Theater: Ichimura
男山弓勢競（おとこやまゆんぜいくらべ）
市村
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
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.