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「四季之内 夏」 「稲のや半兵衛 大谷友松」（初代） 「おちよ 中むら翫雀」（二代目）
Summer (Natsu): Actors Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Inanoya Hanbei (R) and Nakamura Kanjaku II as Ochiyo (L), from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)
「四季之内 夏」 「稲のや半兵衛 大谷友松」（初代） 「おちよ 中むら翫雀」（二代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.2 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35788a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #612
DescriptionPlay: Omegumi Oga no Kikigaki
Theater: Horie
恵大賀写本
堀江
Theater: Horie
恵大賀写本
堀江
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.