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「石川五右衛門 尾上多見蔵」（二代目） 「真柴久吉 嵐璃珏」（二代目）
Actors Onoe Tamizô II as Ishikawa Goemon (R) and Arashi Rikaku II as Mashiba Hisayoshi (L)
「石川五右衛門 尾上多見蔵」（二代目） 「真柴久吉 嵐璃珏」（二代目）
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35555a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112; another version, with different actors: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #300
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Ishikawazome (Ishikawa Dyed Fabric, a Courtesan Play)
Theater: Kado
けいせい石川染
角
Theater: Kado
けいせい石川染
角
Signed
Hirosada (on each sheet)
広貞
広貞
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.