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「早ノ勘平 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hayano Kanpei
「早ノ勘平 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Gochôtei Sadamasu I (Kunimasu) (Japanese, active 1834–1852)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1838 (Tenpô 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-564, photo p. 57; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 103; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #117
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chushingura
Theater: Naka
仮名手本忠臣蔵
中
Theater: Naka
仮名手本忠臣蔵
中
Signed
Gochôtei Sadamasu ga
五蝶亭貞升画
五蝶亭貞升画
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.