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「小ぶな源五郎 片岡我童」（二代目）
Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Kobuna Gengorô, from the series Lives of Modern Heroes (Tôsei jin'yû den)
「小ぶな源五郎 片岡我童」（二代目）
Ryûsai Shigeharu (Japanese, 1803–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Setsugekka
Imaginary performance (mitate).
けいせい雪月花（けいせいせつげっか）
見立
Imaginary performance (mitate).
けいせい雪月花（けいせいせつげっか）
見立
Signed
Kunishige
国重
国重
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.