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「すけノつぼね 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「平ノ知もり 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Suke no Tsubone (R) and Nakamura Shikan II as Taira no Tomomori (L)
「すけノつぼね 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「平ノ知もり 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39 x 53 cm (15 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36216a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 101; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #172 (R sheet only)
DescriptionPlay: Hanayagura Hitome Senbon
Theater: Naka
花櫓詠吉野
中
Theater: Naka
花櫓詠吉野
中
Signed
Ryûsai Shigeharu ga (on each sheet)
柳斎重春画
柳斎重春画
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.