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「召つかいお初 岩井紫若」（初代） 「岩ふじ 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目）、「ふとり木 中むら歌七」（二代目）
Actors Iwai Shijaku I as the Servant (Meshitsukai) Ohatsu (R), Nakamura Utaemon III as Iwafuji, and Nakamura Kashichi II as Futorigi (L)
「召つかいお初 岩井紫若」（初代） 「岩ふじ 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目）、「ふとり木 中むら歌七」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.1 x 52.4 cm (14 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36031a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #063; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #466
DescriptionPlay: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku
Theater: Kado
接合北国梅
角
Theater: Kado
接合北国梅
角
Signed
Kunihiro ga (on each sheet)
国広画
国広画
Marks
Blockcutter's mark: Kuma tô
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.