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二代目中村富十郎のけいせい菊川
Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô II as the Courtesan Kikugawa
二代目中村富十郎のけいせい菊川
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35188
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 100; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #64; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #308
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Chigo-ga-fuchi
Theater: Kado
Unidentified publisher's mark.
けいせい稚児淵
角
Theater: Kado
Unidentified publisher's mark.
けいせい稚児淵
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokuei ga
春江斎北英画
春江斎北英画
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.