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「雪月花の内 花」 「花や徳兵衛 嵐璃珏」（二代目）
Flowers: Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Hanaya Tokubei, from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)
「雪月花の内 花」 「花や徳兵衛 嵐璃珏」（二代目）
Kinoshita Hironobu I (Japanese, active about 1851–1870)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35049
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 116; another design in the series (?): Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #371
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Setsugekka
けいせい雪月花（けいせいせつげつか）
けいせい雪月花（けいせいせつげつか）
Signed
Gohotei Hironobu ga
五蒲亭広信画
五蒲亭広信画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.