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中村座の仮名手本忠臣蔵
Scene from the Play Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Nakamura Theater
中村座の仮名手本忠臣蔵
Attributed to: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
1749 (Kan'en 2), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Horizontal ô-ôban; 32.7 x 43cm (12 7/8 x 16 15/16in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19665
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #68; Kishi, Edo no enkin-hô (1994), fig. 33; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 33
DescriptionPrinted from the same blocks as 11.19627, but altered to show a different play.
Signed
(signature in margin, cut off)
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.