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「三番叟」 「浦しま」 四代中村歌右衛門
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sanbasô (R) and as Urashima (L)
「三番叟」 「浦しま」 四代中村歌右衛門
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Kawaoto (Japanese)
Publisher: Kinkadô Konishi (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaoto (Japanese)
Publisher: Kinkadô Konishi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35557a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 108; Keyes 1973, #118 (no photo)
DescriptionTwo left sheets of an incomplete triptych. The right sheet has the Kawaoto publisher's mark, and the left sheet has the Kinkadô Konishi publisher's mark.
Play: Shiki Sanba
Theater: Naka
式三番（しきさんば）
中
Play: Shiki Sanba
Theater: Naka
式三番（しきさんば）
中
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.