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The Syllable Ka: Actors Ichikawa Takijûrô II as Aso no Heiji and Mimasu Daigorô V as Heigawara Jirozô, from the series Actors Matched with Proverbs for the Kana Syllabary (Mitate iroha tatoe)


「見立いろはたとゑ 阿漕ノ平次 市川瀧十郎(いちかわたきじゅうろう) 平瓦次郎蔵 三枡大五郎」(二代市川瀧十郎の阿漕の平次・五代三枡大五郎の平瓦次郎蔵)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35497
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 119; the series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #238 (illustrates no and ya only)
DescriptionPlay: Seishô Akogi ga Ura
Theater: Kitanoshinchi
文久3年4月、大坂、北の新地芝居「勢州阿漕浦」。「見立ていろはたとへ」と題されたシリーズの1図。文久3年当時、三枡大五郎は三枡梅舎と名のっていた。五代三枡大五郎を嗣ぐのは、慶応1(1865)年2月であるので、制作はそれ以降か。 -- 武藤 純子K
Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.