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「大谷広次」 あらじし男之助 「瀬川菊次郎」 出雲のお国
Actors Ôtani Hiroji I as Arajishi Otokonosuke and Segawa Kikujirô as Izumo no Okuni
「大谷広次」 あらじし男之助 「瀬川菊次郎」 出雲のお国
Japanese
Edo period
1731 (Kyôho 16), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic pigment
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33 x 15.4 cm (13 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #13; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2035; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #119
DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama-dono Eiga Butai
Theater: Ichimura
東山殿栄花舞台、市村座
Theater: Ichimura
東山殿栄花舞台、市村座
Signed
Nishimura Shigenobu hitsu
西村重信筆
西村重信筆
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.