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「清船諷 巻ノ弐 深見勝五郎」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「おつゆ」 二代目中山南枝
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fukami Katsugorô (R) and Nakayama Nanshi II as Otsuyu (L), in Act 2 of Kiyome no Funauta
「清船諷 巻ノ弐 深見勝五郎」 四代目中村歌右衛門 「おつゆ」 二代目中山南枝
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35582a-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), #336
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Kiyome no Utafuna
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kawaoto publisher's mark.
けいせい清船諷（けいせいきよめのふなうた）
中
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kawaoto publisher's mark.
けいせい清船諷（けいせいきよめのふなうた）
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.