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四代目中村歌右衛門の口上
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四代目中村歌右衛門の口上
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.4 x 17.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35646
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #355; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #234
DescriptionPlay: Zatsuki Hikiawase
Theater: Naka
座附引合
中
Theater: Naka
座附引合
中
Signed
Okonomi ni tsuki Hirosada
御好ニ付広貞
御好ニ付広貞
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.