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「おたつ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actor Iwai Shijaku I as Otatsu
「おたつ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.8 cm (14 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #579
DescriptionPlay: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
Theater: Chikugo
夏祭浪花鑑（なつまつりなにわかがみ）
筑後
Theater: Chikugo
夏祭浪花鑑（なつまつりなにわかがみ）
筑後
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.