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「亀屋忠兵へ 片岡我童」（二代目） 「梅川 中村千之助」、「孫右衛門 三枡梅舎」（初代）
Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Kameya Chûbei (R), Nakamura Sennosuke as Umekawa, and Mimasu Baisha I as Magoemon (L)
「亀屋忠兵へ 片岡我童」（二代目） 「梅川 中村千之助」、「孫右衛門 三枡梅舎」（初代）
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36103a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #368; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 116
DescriptionPlay: Koi-bikyaku Yamoto Ôrai
Theater: Kado
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
角
Theater: Kado
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
角
Signed
Yoshitaki giga (on left sheet)
芳瀧戯画
芳瀧戯画
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.