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「お女中関屋 沢村国太郎 百兵衛 大谷友右エ門」 「高島九八 嵐橘三郎」
Actors Sawamura Kunitarô II as the Palace Maid (Ojochû) Sekiya and Ôtani Tomoemon II as Hyakubei (R), and Arashi Kitsusaburô II as Takashima Kuhachi (L)
「お女中関屋 沢村国太郎 百兵衛 大谷友右エ門」 「高島九八 嵐橘三郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 51.7 cm (14 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36297a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #273
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35134-5, 11.36297a-b
Play: Keisei Suô no Dairi
Theater: Naka
けいせい素袍（内裏）
中
Play: Keisei Suô no Dairi
Theater: Naka
けいせい素袍（内裏）
中
Signed
Gigadô Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
戯画堂芦ゆき画
戯画堂芦ゆき画
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.