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「狐くずの葉 沢村国太郎」（二代目）「団扇当世競」「中」
Center (Naka): Actor Sawamura Kunitarô II as the Fox (Kitsune) Kuzunoha, from the series Comparison of Current Roles on Fans (Uchiwa tôsei kurabe)
「狐くずの葉 沢村国太郎」（二代目）「団扇当世競」「中」
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1824 (Bunsei 7), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.8 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38802
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 93; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #154; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #203; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #68
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35368, *11.38802 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
Theater: Kitahorie
芦屋道満大内鑑（あしやどうまんおおうちかがみ）
北堀江
Play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
Theater: Kitahorie
芦屋道満大内鑑（あしやどうまんおおうちかがみ）
北堀江
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画
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.