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「佐藤ノ老女 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Old Lady (Rôjo) Sano
「佐藤ノ老女 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 92; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #135; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #160
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35352, 11.35363
Play: Isamashiki Oi no Kotobuki
Theater: Naka
勇ましき老嫗寿（いさましきおいのことぶき）
中
Play: Isamashiki Oi no Kotobuki
Theater: Naka
勇ましき老嫗寿（いさましきおいのことぶき）
中
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.