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「中将より兼 実川延三郎」（初代）、「神浪三左衛門」実川菊蔵 「菅沼小介 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「阿国かぶき」
Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Chûjô Yorikane, JItsukawa Kikuzô as Kannami Sanzaemon (R), and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Suganuma Shôsuke (L), in Okuni Kabuki
「中将より兼 実川延三郎」（初代）、「神浪三左衛門」実川菊蔵 「菅沼小介 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「阿国かぶき」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.5 x 36.8 cm (10 1/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35789a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 111; Waseda db 016-0371 (R only)
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Naka
けいせい阿国歌舞伎（けいせいおくにかぶき）
中
安政０６ ( 1859)・01
Theater: Naka
けいせい阿国歌舞伎（けいせいおくにかぶき）
中
安政０６ ( 1859)・01
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.