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「高名武勇伝 松ヶ枝鉄の介」二代目片岡我童 「高名武勇伝 斎原かげゆ」三代目嵐璃寛
Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Matsugae Tetsunosuke (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Saibara Kageyu (L), from the series Tales of Renowned Heroes (Kômei buyû den)
「高名武勇伝 松ヶ枝鉄の介」二代目片岡我童 「高名武勇伝 斎原かげゆ」三代目嵐璃寛
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.1 x 35.2 cm (9 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35609a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 104; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #085
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35609a-b (complete), 11.41926 (left sheet only)
Play: Meiboku Sendaihagi
Theater: Chikugo
The Ikeda bunko impression has Tenmaya Kihei publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kinkadô Konishi publisher's mark on the right sheet only.
伽羅先代萩
筑後
Play: Meiboku Sendaihagi
Theater: Chikugo
The Ikeda bunko impression has Tenmaya Kihei publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kinkadô Konishi publisher's mark on the right sheet only.
伽羅先代萩
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.