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三代目小川吉太郎の大名、二代目中村歌七の太郎冠者、初代中村三光の女さる廻し
Actors Ogawa Kichitarô III as a Daimyô, Nakamura Kashichi II as Tarô Kaja, and Nakamura Sankô I as a Female Monkey Trainer
三代目小川吉太郎の大名、二代目中村歌七の太郎冠者、初代中村三光の女さる廻し
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with embossing
Dimensions
One third of vertical ôban sheet; 10.9 x 24.5 cm (4 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 94; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #251; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #s 82, 83, 84 (actor identifications partly incorrect)
DescriptionOne sheet with three designs, now cut apart: 11.35334 (by Hokushû), 11.35335 (by Hokushû), 11.35336 (by Yoshikuni). Originally, 11.35335 was in the center of the sheet and was upside down relative to the other two images. The sheet was not supposed to be cut apart, but rather was intended to be folded in three and glued or fastened at the side edges to make a souvenir wallet, with a folded flap over the opening; all three pictures would then be right-side up.
Play: Utsubo-zaru
Theater: Kado
靫猿（うつぼざる）
角
Play: Utsubo-zaru
Theater: Kado
靫猿（うつぼざる）
角
Signed
Hokushû ga
北洲画
北洲画
Marks
Artist's seal
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.