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「奴三千助」二代目嵐璃珏 「小栗判官」二代目片岡我童
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as the Footman (Yakko) Michisuke (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Oguri Hangan (L)
「奴三千助」二代目嵐璃珏 「小栗判官」二代目片岡我童
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.3 x 36.8 cm (9 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35562a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 106; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #331
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.9a-b (with publisher's mark Kashimadô, as in Ikeda bunko), 11.35562a-b (without publisher's mark)
Play: Himekurabe Futaba Ezôshi
Theater: Kado
姫競双葉絵草紙（ひめくらべふたばえぞうし）
角
Play: Himekurabe Futaba Ezôshi
Theater: Kado
姫競双葉絵草紙（ひめくらべふたばえぞうし）
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.