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「染分たづな 巻之三」 「山形や儀兵へ 嵐璃寛」（三代目）、「千切屋お梅 中村千之助」 「たばこや三吉 片岡我当」（二代目）
Actors Arashi Rikan III as Yamagataya Gihei and Nakamura Sennosuke as Chigiriya Oume (R), and Kataoka Gatô II as the tabacconist Sankichi (L), in Act III of Somewake Tazuna
「染分たづな 巻之三」 「山形や儀兵へ 嵐璃寛」（三代目）、「千切屋お梅 中村千之助」 「たばこや三吉 片岡我当」（二代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35793a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 117; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #622
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Tazuna no Jinji
Theater: Kado
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
けいせい総神事
角
Theater: Kado
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
けいせい総神事
角
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.