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「芸子いろは 嵐徳三郎」（三代目）
Actor Arashi Tokusaburô III as the Geisha (Geiko) Iroha
「芸子いろは 嵐徳三郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 102; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #38-4 (complete diptych)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Play: Miyako Kiyomizu Yogaichô
Theater: Ônishi
花洛清水夜開帳（みやこきよみずよがいちょう）
大西
Play: Miyako Kiyomizu Yogaichô
Theater: Ônishi
花洛清水夜開帳（みやこきよみずよがいちょう）
大西
Signed
Hasegawa Sadanobu ga
長谷川貞信画
長谷川貞信画
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.