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Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô II, formerly Matsue, as Koyuki (R) and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kanô Shirojirô (L)


「小ゆき 松江改中村冨十郎」(二代目)  「狩野四郎次郎 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 52.1 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38975a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 100; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #488
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35291-2, 11.38975a-b

Play: Keisei Chigo-ga-fuchi
Theater: Kado
けいせい稚児淵(けいせいちごがふち)

Signed Shunkôsai Hokuei ga (on each sheet)
春江斎北英画
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.