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「けいせいあづま 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「油屋与兵へ 実川延三郎」（初代） 「恋山崎」
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Courtesan (Keisei) Azuma (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Aburaya Yohei (L), in Koi no Yamazaki
「けいせいあづま 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「油屋与兵へ 実川延三郎」（初代） 「恋山崎」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.4 x 36.8 cm (10 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35784a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112
DescriptionPlay: Aburauri Koi no Yamazaki
Theater: Naka
油売恋山崎
中
Theater: Naka
油売恋山崎
中
Signed
Kunikazu (on each sheet)
国員
国員
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.