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「惟喬親王 嵐吉三郎」（二代目）、「加藤正清 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actors Arashi Kichisaburô II (Rikan) as Prince Koretaka (R) and Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Katô Masakiyo (L)
「惟喬親王 嵐吉三郎」（二代目）、「加藤正清 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1820 (Bunsei 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35378
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 89; Gerstle 2005, #188a, b; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #87; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #33
DescriptionThe two rival actors are shown together although they were performing in different plays at different theaters.
Rikan: Toki ni Saikô Ariwara Keizu, at the Kitahorie theater
Shikan: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô, at the Kado theater
時再興在原景図・八陣守護城
北堀江・角
Rikan: Toki ni Saikô Ariwara Keizu, at the Kitahorie theater
Shikan: Hachijin Shugo no Honjô, at the Kado theater
時再興在原景図・八陣守護城
北堀江・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.