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「おし鳥の精霊 中山南枝」 「おし鳥の精霊 あらし三五郎」
Actors Nakayama Shinan and Arashi Mitsugorô as Spirits of Mandarin Ducks (Oshidori no seirei)
「おし鳥の精霊 中山南枝」 「おし鳥の精霊 あらし三五郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1837 (Tenpô 8), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 51 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36467a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 102
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Imose no Oshidori
けいせい妹背（けいせいいもせのおしどり）
けいせい妹背（けいせいいもせのおしどり）
Signed
Gochôtei Sadahiro (on each sheet)
五蝶亭貞広
五蝶亭貞広
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.