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「難波の次郎作」四代目中村歌右衛門、「吾妻の与四郎」 五代目市村竹之丞 （死絵）
Memorial Portraits of Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Naniwa no Jirosaku and Ichimura Takenojô V as Azuma no Yojirô
「難波の次郎作」四代目中村歌右衛門、「吾妻の与四郎」 五代目市村竹之丞 （死絵）
Suihô Henjin (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.9 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38690
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 114-0284 (first edition [?], with longer inscription identifying the print as a shini-e for Utaemon IV)
DescriptionPlay: Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata
戻駕色相肩（もどりかごいろのあいかた）
戻駕色相肩（もどりかごいろのあいかた）
Signed
Suihô Henjin sha
酔放辺人写
酔放辺人写
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Aikata no/ Nishi no Jôdo e/ Modorikago/ Kyô zo mihateru/ Ôsaka no yume
「あひかたの西野浄土へもとり駕けふそ見はてる大坂のゆめ 酔故辺人写」
嘉永五子年二月十七日没す 浪花中寺町浄国寺に葬す 歌成院翫雀日光信士 行年五十五 浪花の治郎作 吾妻の与四郎
「あひかたの西野浄土へもとり駕けふそ見はてる大坂のゆめ 酔故辺人写」
嘉永五子年二月十七日没す 浪花中寺町浄国寺に葬す 歌成院翫雀日光信士 行年五十五 浪花の治郎作 吾妻の与四郎
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.