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三代目芳沢あやめの鳥追、初代中村仲蔵の猿回し実ハ手塚太郎光盛
Actors Yoshizawa Ayame III as a Street Musician (Torioi) and Nakamura Nakazô I as the Monkey Trainer Tonchiki Tochibei, actually Tezuka Tarô Mitsumori
三代目芳沢あやめの鳥追、初代中村仲蔵の猿回し実ハ手塚太郎光盛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1769 (Meiwa 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.5 x 14.7 cm (11 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18557
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Related print (?): Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), Brussels pl. 57
DescriptionPlay: Soga Moyô Aigo no Wakamatsu
Theater: Nakamura
曽我（衣＋我）愛護若松（そがもようあいごのわかまつ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
曽我（衣＋我）愛護若松（そがもようあいごのわかまつ）
中村
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.