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「児雷也 巻之貮」 「妖婦越路」四代目尾上梅幸 「児雷也」初代市川猿蔵、「妖童小ぐさ」初代市川てる代
Actors Onoe Baikô IV as the Witch (Yôfu) Koshiji (R), Ichikawa Saruzô I as Jiraiya, and Ichikawa Teruyo I as the Child Wizard (Yôdô) Kogusa (L), in Act 2 of Jiraiya
「児雷也 巻之貮」 「妖婦越路」四代目尾上梅幸 「児雷也」初代市川猿蔵、「妖童小ぐさ」初代市川てる代
Kuniharu (Japanese, active about 1855)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.8 x 37 cm (10 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36000a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 108; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #451
DescriptionPlay: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Naka
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
中
Theater: Naka
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
中
Signed
Kuniharu ga, in toshidama cartouche
国晴画
国晴画
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.
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.