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「国性爺合戦」 「錦生女」二代目嵐璃珏 「かんき」二代目尾上多見蔵 「和藤内」三代目嵐璃寛
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Kinshôjo (R), Onoe Tamizô II as Kanki (C), and Arashi Rikan III as Watônai (L), in Kokusenya Kassen
「国性爺合戦」 「錦生女」二代目嵐璃珏 「かんき」二代目尾上多見蔵 「和藤内」三代目嵐璃寛
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban triptych; 25 x 54.4 cm (9 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35622a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 111; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #533 (see also #047, apparently an earlier edition)
DescriptionPlay: Kokusen'ya Kassen
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Signed
Hirosada (on R and L sheets)
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.