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「国性爺 金少女 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「和藤内 嵐璃寛」（三代目）
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Kinshôjo (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Watônai (L) in the play Kokusen'ya
「国性爺 金少女 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「和藤内 嵐璃寛」（三代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban, asymmetrical triptych; 49.8 × 34.8 cm (19 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21102a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 111; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #587
DescriptionPlay: Kokusen'ya Kassen (The Battles of Coxinga)
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Signed
Kunikazu (on left sheet only)
国員
国員
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.