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「契情莟の八総」 「犬田小文吾 あらし雛助」（七代目） 「山林房八 中むら宗十郎」
Actors Arashi Hinasuke VII as Inuta Kobungo (R) and Nakamura Sôjûrô as Yamabayashi Fusahachi (L), in Keisei Tsubomi no Yatsufusa
「契情莟の八総」 「犬田小文吾 あらし雛助」（七代目） 「山林房八 中むら宗十郎」
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.5 x 36 cm (9 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35605a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 121
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Hana no Yatsufusa
Theater: Chikugo
けいせい花八英（けいせいはなのやつふさ）
筑後
Theater: Chikugo
けいせい花八英（けいせいはなのやつふさ）
筑後
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.