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「新薄雪物語」 「奴妻平 中村宗十郎」 「こしもとまかき 沢村国太郎」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Sôjûrô as the Footman (Yakko) Tsumahei (R) and Sawamura Kunitarô III as Koshimoto Magaki (L), in Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
「新薄雪物語」 「奴妻平 中村宗十郎」 「こしもとまかき 沢村国太郎」（三代目）
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.1 x 36.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36123a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 120
DescriptionPlay: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
Theater: Naka
新薄雪物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
中
Theater: Naka
新薄雪物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
中
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
芳瀧画
芳瀧画
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.