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「百姓五作実は石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as the Farmer Gosaku, actually Ishikawa Goemon
「百姓五作実は石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Kasuke (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Kasuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35351
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #282; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #177
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Setsugekka (Snow, Moon and Flowers, a Courtesan Play)
Theater: Kado
けいせい雪月花
角
Theater: Kado
けいせい雪月花
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画
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.