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Actors Nakamura Kanjaku II as Kajiwara Genta and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Kajiwara Heiji, in Hiragana Seisuiki


「ひらがな盛衰記」 「梶原源太 中村翫雀」(二代目)、「梶原平次 大谷友松」(初代)
Hasegawa Munehiro (Japanese, active 1848–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.3 x 18.3 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35981
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112
DescriptionPlay: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Chikugo
ひらがな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)
筑後
Signed Munehiro ga
宗広画
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.