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「金門五三桐」 「捨若丸 中村玉七」（初代）
Actor Nakamura Tamashichi I as Sutewakamaru in Kinmon Gosan no Kiri
「金門五三桐」 「捨若丸 中村玉七」（初代）
Mitsunobu (Japanese, active 1850s)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.4 x 19.5 cm (10 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35996
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 109
DescriptionPlay: Kinmon Gosan no Kiri (The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest)
Theater: Chikugo
金門五三桐（きんもんごさんのきり）
筑後
Theater: Chikugo
金門五三桐（きんもんごさんのきり）
筑後
Signed
Mitsunobu
光信
光信
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.