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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Mashiba Hisayoshi (R), Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Seikahime (C), and Onoe Tamizô II as Shibata Gonroku (L), in an Imaginary Performance (Mitate) of the Play Hiragadake Yukimi no Jindate


「見立 比良嶽雪見陣立」「真柴久よし 中村歌右ヱ門」(四代目)  「清香姫 中村富十郎」(二代目)  「柴田権六 尾上多見蔵」(二代目)
Kaishuntei Sadayoshi (Japanese, active 1837–1853)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1838 (Tenpô 9), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 76.7 cm (14 13/16 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37800a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 103
DescriptionPlay: Hiragadake Yukimi no Jindate
比良嶽雪見陣立(ひらがだけゆきみのじんだて)
Signed Utagawa Sadayoshi ga (on each sheet)
歌川貞芳画
Marks Printer's mark
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.