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「嫗山姥」 「坂田蔵人」四代目三枡大五郎 「八重桐」四代目中村歌右衛門
Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Sakata Kurando (R) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Yaegiri (L), in Komochi Yamanba
「嫗山姥」 「坂田蔵人」四代目三枡大五郎 「八重桐」四代目中村歌右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35574a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 108; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #406
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35574a-b (with Kinkodô publisher's mark), 11.41987a-b (with no publisher's mark, like Ikeda bunko impression)
Play: Komochi Yamanba
Theater: Naka
嫗山姥（こもちやまんば）
中
Play: Komochi Yamanba
Theater: Naka
嫗山姥（こもちやまんば）
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.