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「弁慶 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Actor Onoe Tamizô II as Benkei
「弁慶 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Kinoshita Hironobu I (Japanese, active about 1851–1870)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.2 x 17.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41921
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118 (as 11.35053-4; this # not listed); Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #408
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.35053-4 (complete diptych), 11.41921 (left sheet only)
Play: Hashi Benkei
Theater: Kado
橋弁慶
角
MFA impressions: 11.35053-4 (complete diptych), 11.41921 (left sheet only)
Play: Hashi Benkei
Theater: Kado
橋弁慶
角
Signed
Hironobu
広信
広信
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.