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Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kanoko Kanbei (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Takahashi Sakujûrô (L)


「傾城百万国」 「鹿子勘兵へ 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)  「高橋作十郎 実川延三郎」(初代)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36139a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #199
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Hyakumangoku (A Million Lands, a Courtesan Play)
Theater: Naka
傾城百万国(けいせいひゃくまんごく)

Signed Yoshitaki hitsu (on each sheet)
芳瀧筆
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.