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「ほてい市右衛門 中村芝翫」（初代）
Actor Nakamura Shikan I as Hotei Ichiemon
「ほてい市右衛門 中村芝翫」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21526
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0800; Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #55
DescriptionFour sheets of an incomplete pentaptych: 11.21526, 11.21527, 11.21528, 11.21529 (no VR because order is uncertain).
The other sheet: Waseda db 001-0611 (Bandô Mitsugorô III as An no Heibei).
Play (second feature): Shiire-zome Karigane Gomon
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
仕入染雁金五紋（しいれぞめかりがねごもん）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
The other sheet: Waseda db 001-0611 (Bandô Mitsugorô III as An no Heibei).
Play (second feature): Shiire-zome Karigane Gomon
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
仕入染雁金五紋（しいれぞめかりがねごもん）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.