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「八花魁」 「けいせい花橘 中むら大吉」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Daikichi III as the Courtesan (Keisei) Kakitsu, in the Play Yatsu no Hanafusa
「八花魁」 「けいせい花橘 中むら大吉」（三代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.9 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21108
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 109; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #552
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Yatsu no Hanafusa
Theater: Kado
けいせい八花魁（けいせいやつのはなふさ）
角
Theater: Kado
けいせい八花魁（けいせいやつのはなふさ）
角
Signed
Kunikazu
国員
国員
Marks
Artist's seal: Kunikazu
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.