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「半がく女」三代目嵐璃寛
Actor Arashi Rikan III as Hangaku-jo
「半がく女」三代目嵐璃寛
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 18.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35635
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #273
DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.35635 (left sheet only), 11.35636a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru
Theater: Chikugo
The Ikeda bunko impression has the Meirakudô publisher's mark on the right sheet. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
和田合戦女舞鶴
筑後
MFA impressions: 11.35635 (left sheet only), 11.35636a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru
Theater: Chikugo
The Ikeda bunko impression has the Meirakudô publisher's mark on the right sheet. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
和田合戦女舞鶴
筑後
Signed
Hirosada
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.