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初代尾上菊五郎と初代中村喜代三郎
Actors Onoe Kikugorô I and Nakamura Kiyosaburô I Playing a Shamisen Together
初代尾上菊五郎と初代中村喜代三郎
Japanese
Edo period
about 1749–52 (Kan'en 2–Hôreki 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 42.6 x 30.7 cm (16 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19674
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #3; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #21; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #124; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #378
Signed
Tanjôdô Ishikawa Shûha Toyonobu zu
胆條堂石川秀芭豊信図
胆條堂石川秀芭豊信図
Marks
Artist's seals: Ishikawa-uji, Toyonobu
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.