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Actors Fujikawa Tomokichi III as Otome-dayû (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Hosokawa Katsumoto (L), in Ama no Hagoromo


「乙女太夫 藤川友吉」(三代目)  「細川勝元 実川延三郎」(初代) 「天の羽ころも」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyu 2), intercalary 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 24.3 x 36.6 cm (9 9/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36149a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 116
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Ama no Hagoromo
Theater: Naka
契情天羽衣(けいせいあまのはごろも)

Signed Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
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.