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「おはつ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actor Iwai Shijaku I as Ohatsu
「おはつ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, left sheet of diptych; 36.9 x 25.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35195
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #286; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #467
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku
Theater: Kado
接合北国梅
角
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku
Theater: Kado
接合北国梅
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.