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「染分たづな」 「三吉 中村玉七」（初代）
Actor Nakamura Tamashichi I as Sankichi in Somewake Tazuna
「染分たづな」 「三吉 中村玉七」（初代）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.8 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 110
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Somewake Tazuna
Theater: Chikugo
けいせい染分総（けいせいそめわけたづな）
筑後
Theater: Chikugo
けいせい染分総（けいせいそめわけたづな）
筑後
Signed
Kunikazu
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.