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「石川五右衛門 中村鶴助」（初代）
Actor Nakamura Tsurusuke I as Ishikawa Goemon
「石川五右衛門 中村鶴助」（初代）
Hokugan (Toshikuni) (Japanese, active 1816–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35238
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 94
DescriptionPlay: Kinmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Ônishi
金門五山桐（きんもんごさんのきり）
大西
Theater: Ônishi
金門五山桐（きんもんごさんのきり）
大西
Signed
Toshikuni ga
とし国画
とし国画
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.