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「岩くら宗玄 二ノ切」 「折琴姫 嵐和歌太夫」 「宗元 実川延若」（初代）、「久我助 中村梅之助」
Actors Arashi Wakadayû as Orikoto-hime (R), Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Sôgen, and Nakamura Umenosuke (later Arashi Kitsusaburô IV) as Koganosuke (L), in Act 2 of Iwakura Sôgen
「岩くら宗玄 二ノ切」 「折琴姫 嵐和歌太夫」 「宗元 実川延若」（初代）、「久我助 中村梅之助」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35792a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16226.3a-c (triptych), 11.35792a-b (R and c sheets only)
Play: Koigoromo Iwakura Sôgen
Theater: Chikugo
恋染衣岩倉宗玄（こいごろもいわくらそうげん）
筑後
The actor who took the name Arashi Kitsusaburô IV in 1871.4 was previously known as Nakamura Umenosuke, but he is not considered an official holder of that name.
Play: Koigoromo Iwakura Sôgen
Theater: Chikugo
恋染衣岩倉宗玄（こいごろもいわくらそうげん）
筑後
The actor who took the name Arashi Kitsusaburô IV in 1871.4 was previously known as Nakamura Umenosuke, but he is not considered an official holder of that name.
Signed
Kunikazu
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.