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「母円寿」四代目三枡大五郎 「梶原平次」四代目中村歌右衛門 「梶原源太」初代実川延三郎 「こしもと千鳥」二代目中山南枝
Actors, from right: Mimasu Daigorô IV as Kajiwara's Mother (Haha) Enju, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kajiwara Heiji, Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Kajiwara Genta, and Nakayama Nanshi II as the Lady-in-waiting (Koshimoto) Chidori
「母円寿」四代目三枡大五郎 「梶原平次」四代目中村歌右衛門 「梶原源太」初代実川延三郎 「こしもと千鳥」二代目中山南枝
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban tetraptych; 25 x 72 cm (9 13/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35570a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 107; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #380
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35569a-d, 11.35570a-d
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has Kinkodô publisher's mark. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
中
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has Kinkodô publisher's mark. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
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.