Advanced Search 
「伊久 中村芝翫」（初代） 「助六 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan I as Ikyû (R) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Sukeroku (L)
「伊久 中村芝翫」（初代） 「助六 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 50.7 cm (14 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40660a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa
Theater: Nakamura
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
助六曲輪菊（すけろくくるわのももよぐさ ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
助六曲輪菊（すけろくくるわのももよぐさ ）
中村
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.