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「好偕川傍柳」（すいたどうし かわぞいやなぎ） 常磐津 「長作」
Chôsaku and His Wife, in the Tokiwazu Dance Play "Lovers by the Willow on the Riverbank" (Suita dôshi kawasoi yanagi), also called Chôsaku
「好偕川傍柳」（すいたどうし かわぞいやなぎ） 常磐津 「長作」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (acc. to Hirano)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.6 x 17.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20135
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C25, pl. CXXIV
DescriptionThe play Suita dôshi kawasoi yanagi premiered in 1778.4 at the Nakamura Theater.
However, the figures playing the roles appear to be not kabuki actors but young women, possibly geisha performing a skit in the Niwaka festival, or performers in a private theatrical.
Probably from the same series: 11.20135, 11.20136; possibly from a related series: 11.17983.
However, the figures playing the roles appear to be not kabuki actors but young women, possibly geisha performing a skit in the Niwaka festival, or performers in a private theatrical.
Probably from the same series: 11.20135, 11.20136; possibly from a related series: 11.17983.
Signed
Kiyomine ga
清峰画
清峰画
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.