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六歌仙の内 「在原業平 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Ariwara Narihira, from a quick-change dance of Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)
六歌仙の内 「在原業平 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 101; Kitagawa, ed., Kamigata yakusha-e gacho (2006), #6; Keyes 1973, #164abc and pl. 47
DescriptionPlay: Rokkasen Sugata no Saishiki
Theater: Kado
Four prints from the set of six: 11.35182 to 11.35185
六歌仙容彩（ろっかせんすがたのさいしき）
角
Theater: Kado
Four prints from the set of six: 11.35182 to 11.35185
六歌仙容彩（ろっかせんすがたのさいしき）
角
Signed
Shunbaisai Hokuei ga
春梅斎北英画
春梅斎北英画
Marks
Artist's seal: Shunbai
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.