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「濡髪長五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Nuregami Chôgorô
「濡髪長五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21999
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #51; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #373; Keyes 1973, p. 254 (described but not illustrated)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
Theater: Kado
双蝶々曲輪日記 （ふたつちょうちょうくるわにっき）
Play: Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
Theater: Kado
双蝶々曲輪日記 （ふたつちょうちょうくるわにっき）
Signed
Toyokawa Yoshikuni ga
豊川よし国画
豊川よし国画
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.