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「地蔵五平次 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「娘おみつ 尾上梅花」（初代） 「新薄雪」
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Jizô Goheiji (R) and Onoe Baika I as the Daughter (Musume) Omitsu (L) in Shin Usuyuki
「地蔵五平次 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「娘おみつ 尾上梅花」（初代） 「新薄雪」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.3 x 37 cm (9 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35787a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 111; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #583
DescriptionPlay: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
Theater: Kado
新薄雪物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
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Theater: Kado
新薄雪物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
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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.