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「助六 市川白猿」（二代目）
Actor Ichikawa Hakuen II as Sukeroku
「助六 市川白猿」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 98; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #434 (complete triptych); Keyes 1973, #313 (no photo)
DescriptionCenter sheet of an incomplete triptych; 17.3210.13 is the right sheet.
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura
Theater: Kado
助六由縁江戸桜
角
Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura
Theater: Kado
助六由縁江戸桜
角
Signed
Gyokuryûtei Shigeharu ga
玉柳亭重春画
玉柳亭重春画
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.