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Actors Nakamura Matsue I as Umegawa and Ichikawa Komazô II as Yoemon


初代中村松江の傾城梅川、二代目市川高麗蔵の羽生村の与右衛門
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Publisher: Maruya Kohei (Hôsendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.5 x 19.5 cm (10 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19316
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 030-0097
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Hoshi Akari
Play: Katakiuchi Chûkô Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
星明(ほしあかり)、長唄(めりやす)
敵討忠孝鑑(かたきうちちゅうこうかがみ)
中村、三番目
明和07 (1770)・08
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
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.