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「あかねや半七 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目） 「さんかつ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Akaneya Hanshichi (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Sankatsu (L)
「あかねや半七 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目） 「さんかつ 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Jukôdô Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1804–1843)
Publisher: Ariwaradô Chûbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ariwaradô Chûbei (Japanese)
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.2 x 51.7 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36217a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 90; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #327
DescriptionPlay: Kyôgôka Somete Murasaki
Theater: Naka
京紅藍杜若
中
Theater: Naka
京紅藍杜若
中
Signed
Yoshikuni ga (on each sheet)
よし国画
よし国画
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.