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「大星由良助 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
「大星由良助 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 98; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #180
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kado
仮名手本忠臣蔵
角
Theater: Kado
仮名手本忠臣蔵
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû
春好斎北洲
春好斎北洲
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.