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「見立十二支 戌」 「勇利金太」中村友三、「ぬか助」四代目中村歌右衛門 「信乃」二代目嵐璃珏
Dog (Inu): Actors Nakamura Tomozô as Yûri Kinta, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nukasuke (L), and Arashi Rikaku II as Shino (R), from the series Selections for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Mitate jûnishi)
「見立十二支 戌」 「勇利金太」中村友三、「ぬか助」四代目中村歌右衛門 「信乃」二代目嵐璃珏
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35626a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 106; other designs in the series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #328
DescriptionPlay: Sugatakurabe Deiri no Minato
Theater: Naka
花魁莟八総（はなのあにつぼみのやつふさ）
見立
Theater: Naka
花魁莟八総（はなのあにつぼみのやつふさ）
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.