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「けいせい浪花津」 四代中村歌右衛門、「禿やり梅」 初代中村玉七、「新造うら梅」 初代中村福助
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as the courtesan Naniwazu, Nakamura Tamashichi I as the kamuro Yariume, and Nakamura Fukusuke I as the shinzô Uraume
「けいせい浪花津」 四代中村歌右衛門、「禿やり梅」 初代中村玉七、「新造うら梅」 初代中村福助
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #202
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22000, 11.22765, 11.22766, 11.22767, 11.22768, 11.22769
Play: Mitsu no Haru Suzume no Tawamure
Theater: Naka
三春翫雀躍（みつのはるすずめのたわむれ）
中
Play: Mitsu no Haru Suzume no Tawamure
Theater: Naka
三春翫雀躍（みつのはるすずめのたわむれ）
中
Signed
Sadayoshi
貞芳
貞芳
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.