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「五大力 巻三」 「勝間源五兵衛」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「若とふ八右衛門」 初代実川延三郎
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Katsuma Genrobei (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as the young retainer Hachiemon (L), in Act 3 of the play Godairiki
「五大力 巻三」 「勝間源五兵衛」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「若とふ八右衛門」 初代実川延三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35578a-b
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), #388
DescriptionPlay: Godairiki Koi no Fûjime
Theater: Naka
五大力恋緘（ごだいりきこいのふうじめ）
中
Theater: Naka
五大力恋緘（ごだいりきこいのふうじめ）
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.