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「十二月之内 しわす月」 三代目中村歌右衛門の関帝
The Twelfth Month (Shiwasu tsuki): Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Guan Yu, from the series The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)
「十二月之内 しわす月」 三代目中村歌右衛門の関帝
Ganjôsai Kunihiro (Japanese, active about 1815–1843)
Publisher: Sôshiya (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Genjirô (Tamamizu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sôshiya (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Genjirô (Tamamizu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 88; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #23
DescriptionPlay: Mata Kaina Jûni-bake
Theater: Kado
莫恠踊化姿（またかいなじゅうにばけ）
角
Theater: Kado
莫恠踊化姿（またかいなじゅうにばけ）
角
Signed
Kunihiro ga
国広画
国広画
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.
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.