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「見立五行の内 土」 「接合北国梅」 「中老尾上 中村翫雀」（三代目）、「召仕はつ 大谷友松」（初代）
Earth (Tsuchi): Actors Nakamura Kanjaku III as Chûrô Onoe and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as the Maid (Meshitsukai) Hatsu, in Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku, from the series Matches for the Five Elements (Mitate gogyô no uchi)
「見立五行の内 土」 「接合北国梅」 「中老尾上 中村翫雀」（三代目）、「召仕はつ 大谷友松」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.5 x 17.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35541
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #201
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35541 (yellow background), 11.42998 (white embossed background)
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku (or Tsugiawase Koshiji no Ume)
Theater: Chikugo
接合北国梅（つぎあわせこしじのめいぼく、つぎあわせこしじのうめ）
筑後
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku (or Tsugiawase Koshiji no Ume)
Theater: Chikugo
接合北国梅（つぎあわせこしじのめいぼく、つぎあわせこしじのうめ）
筑後
Signed
Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
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.
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.