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「武勇和田合戦」 「あさりの与市」二代目嵐璃珏 「半がく女」三代目嵐璃寛
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Asari no Yoichi (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Hangaku-jo (L), in Buyû Wada Kassen
「武勇和田合戦」 「あさりの与市」二代目嵐璃珏 「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 diptych; 24.7 x 36.5 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35636a-b
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
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35635 (left sheet only), 11.35636a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru
Theater: Chikugo
和田合戦女舞鶴
筑後
The Ikeda bunko impression has the Meirakudô publisher's mark on the right sheet. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
Play: Wada Kassen Onna Maizuru
Theater: Chikugo
和田合戦女舞鶴
筑後
The Ikeda bunko impression has the Meirakudô publisher's mark on the right sheet. The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark.
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.