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「伊賀越武勇伝」 「唐木政右衛門」四代目中村歌右衛門 「おたに」二代目中山南枝 「山田幸兵衛」四代目三枡大五郎
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Karaki Masaemon (R), Nakayama Nanshi II as Otani (C), and Mimasu Daigorô IV as Yamada Kôbei (L), in Igagoe Buyûden
「伊賀越武勇伝」 「唐木政右衛門」四代目中村歌右衛門 「おたに」二代目中山南枝 「山田幸兵衛」四代目三枡大五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban triptych; 25 x 54 cm (9 13/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35639a-c
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), #238
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Homare no Sukedachi
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kawaoto publisher's mark.
けいせい誉両刀（けいせいほまれのすけだち）
中
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark. The MFA impression has Kawaoto publisher's mark.
けいせい誉両刀（けいせいほまれのすけだち）
中
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.