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「岩ふじ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「はしたお初 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Iwafuji (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Ohatsu (L)
「岩ふじ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「はしたお初 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 2nd 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 Number11.36226a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 98
DescriptionPlay: Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishiki
鏡山故郷錦（かがみやまこきょうのにしき）
鏡山故郷錦（かがみやまこきょうのにしき）
Signed
Gyokuryûtei Shigeharu ga (on each sheet)
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.