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「強勇美名伝」 「牛若丸 片岡我当」（二代目）
Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Ushiwakamaru, from the series (?) Legends of Valor and Honor (Kyôyû bimei den)
「強勇美名伝」 「牛若丸 片岡我当」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.4 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35042
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 117; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #407
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35042, *11.41922 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Play: Miyako Meisho Genji Eawase
Theater: Kado
都名所源氏絵合
角
Play: Miyako Meisho Genji Eawase
Theater: Kado
都名所源氏絵合
角
Signed
Hironobu
広信
広信
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.