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「牛若丸 あらし璃珏」（二代目） 「こてふ 八十五」
Butterflies (Kochô): Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Ushiwakamaru, No. 85 (?) from an untitled series based on the fan-tossing game
「牛若丸 あらし璃珏」（二代目） 「こてふ 八十五」
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
the play: 1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month; the print: about 1867 (Keiô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.5 x 18.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37886
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 113
DescriptionFor another print from the same series, showing a performance of 1867, see Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #635.
Play: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
Theater: Horie
勝鬨☆源氏（かちどきみばえげんじ）
堀江
Play: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
Theater: Horie
勝鬨☆源氏（かちどきみばえげんじ）
堀江
Signed
Kunikazu (on fan in inset)
国員
国員
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.