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「一世一代当狂言」 「熊谷次郎直実 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane, from the series Hits of a Lifetime (Issei ichidai atari kyôgen)
「一世一代当狂言」 「熊谷次郎直実 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
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
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35371
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 94; Gerstle 2005, #233; the series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #164 (this print not illustrated)
DescriptionFrom a set of five prints issued for the "farewell performance" of Shikan (who in fact continued acting under another name).
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kado
一谷嫩軍記
角
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kado
一谷嫩軍記
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.