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「徳若才蔵」四代目中村歌右衛門 「万歳徳太夫」四代目三枡大五郎
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Tokuwaka Saizô and Mimasu Daigorô IV as Manzai Tokudayû
「徳若才蔵」四代目中村歌右衛門 「万歳徳太夫」四代目三枡大五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 18.5 x 25.2 cm (7 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 107; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #343
DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Ebisu Fuku ya Toku Waka
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark.
初戎福徳歌（はつえびすふくやとくわか）
中
Theater: Naka
The Ikeda bunko impression has no publisher's mark.
初戎福徳歌（はつえびすふくやとくわか）
中
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.