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「庄九郎妻小てふ 中村歌六」（初代）
Actor Nakamura Karoku I as Shôkurô's Wife (Tsuma) Kochô
「庄九郎妻小てふ 中村歌六」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1823 (Bunsei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.8 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 93; Keyes 1973, #372; Matsudaira, Yoshikuni, 52.2
DescriptionCenter sheet of a triptych, with right sheet by Ashiyuki and left sheet by Kunihiro.
Play: Keisei Kuruwa Ômonguchi
けいせい廓大門（けいせいくるわおおもんぐち）
Play: Keisei Kuruwa Ômonguchi
けいせい廓大門（けいせいくるわおおもんぐち）
Signed
Yoshikuni ga
よし国画
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.