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初代尾上菊五郎の佐藤忠信と初代中村喜代三郎の女房信夫
Actors Onoe Kikugoro I as Satô Tadanobu and Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as His Wife Shinobu
初代尾上菊五郎の佐藤忠信と初代中村喜代三郎の女房信夫
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1769 (Meiwa 6), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.3 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19312
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 54; Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #6 (different date, play, roles)
DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise
Theater: Ichimura
雪梅顔見勢（むつのはなうめのかおみせ）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
雪梅顔見勢（むつのはなうめのかおみせ）
市村
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.