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「羽生や助四郎 沢村四良五郎」（二代目）、「げいこおきく 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「村ごし良介 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）、「なにはや幸助 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Sawamura Shirôgorô II as Hanyûya Sukeshirô (inset) and Onoe Kikugorô III as the Geisha (Geiko) Okiku (R); Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Muragoshi Ryôsuke (inset) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Naniwaya Kôsuke (L)
「羽生や助四郎 沢村四良五郎」（二代目）、「げいこおきく 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「村ごし良介 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）、「なにはや幸助 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), second month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 50.8 cm (14 3/4 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36222a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #133
DescriptionPlay: Imagawa Honryo Nekomata Yashiki
Theater: Naka
今川本領猫魔館
中
Theater: Naka
今川本領猫魔館
中
Signed
Okonomi ni tsuki Shigeharu ga (on each sheet)
御好ニ付重春画
御好ニ付重春画
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.