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「岩ふじ 嵐吉三郎」 「召仕はつ 嵐璃寛」
Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Iwafuji (R) and Arashi Rikan III as the Maid Hatsu (L)
「岩ふじ 嵐吉三郎」 「召仕はつ 嵐璃寛」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.7 x 37.6 cm (10 1/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37056a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 109; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #555
DescriptionPlay: Hatsumidori Onoe Iwafuji
Theater: Kado
初翠緑尾上岩藤
角
Theater: Kado
初翠緑尾上岩藤
角
Signed
Kunikazu (on each sheet)
国員
国員
Marks
Artist's seal: Kunikazu
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.