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「平井権八 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Hirai Gonpachi
「平井権八 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Jukôdô Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1804–1843)
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26.5 cm (15 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36266
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), #329
DescriptionPlay: Tatehiki Kotoba no Hanakawado
Theater: Naka
Unidentified publisher's mark.
侠詞花川戸
中
Theater: Naka
Unidentified publisher's mark.
侠詞花川戸
中
Signed
Yoshikuni ga
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.