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「百奇園庭前納涼之図 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目）、「倅中村駒之助」（初代）
Enjoying the Cool Breeze by the Hyakkien Garden (Hyakkien teizen nôryô no zu), Actor Nakamura Utaemon III and his Son Nakamura Komanosuke I
「百奇園庭前納涼之図 中村歌右ヱ門」（三代目）、「倅中村駒之助」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36267
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton.." (2007), p. 90; Gerstle 2005, #220; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #324; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), fig. 110
Description見立
Signed
Yoshikuni ga
よし国画
よし国画
Marks
Mark of blockcutter and/or printer: Toyo
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.