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「稚児淵 巻ノ一」 「武智左馬之介」四代目中村歌右衛門 「捨若丸」中村玉七
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Takechi Samanosuke (R) and Nakamura Tamashichi as Sutewakamaru (L), in Act 1 of Chigogafuchi
「稚児淵 巻ノ一」 「武智左馬之介」四代目中村歌右衛門 「捨若丸」中村玉七
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment 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 Number11.35590a-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), #442; Keyes, Hirosada (1984), #41
DescriptionPlay: Chigogafuchi Koi no Shiranami (The Chigogafuchi Pool and the White Waves of Love)
Theater: Naka
けいせい稚児淵
見立
Theater: Naka
けいせい稚児淵
見立
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.