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「白酒売」二代目沢村訥升 「五変化ノ内 なまよひの田舎侍」初代中村福助
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri) (R) and Nakamura Fukusuke I as a Drunken Country Samurai (Namayoi no inakazamurai) in a Dance of Five Changes (Gohenge no uchi) (L)
「白酒売」二代目沢村訥升 「五変化ノ内 なまよひの田舎侍」初代中村福助
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 50.3 cm (14 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40800a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Sukeroku Sugata no Uraume
Play: Kinryûzan Chimoto no Hatsu Hana
Theater: Nakamura
助六姿裏梅（すけろくすがたのうらうめ） 常磐津、長唄
金竜山千本初花（きんりゅうざんちもとのはつはな）
中村
1857、安政０４
Play: Kinryûzan Chimoto no Hatsu Hana
Theater: Nakamura
助六姿裏梅（すけろくすがたのうらうめ） 常磐津、長唄
金竜山千本初花（きんりゅうざんちもとのはつはな）
中村
1857、安政０４
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
彫師：なし
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.