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「色競九重錦」 「内匠頭義親」初代三枡梅舎 「横曽根平太郎」二代目嵐璃珏、「菊御前」中村千之助
Actors Mimasu Baisha I as Uchi no Takumi no Kami Yoshichika (R), Arashi Rikaku II as Yokozone Heitarô, and Nakamura Sennosuke as Kiku Gozen (L), in Iro Kurabe Kokonoe Nishiki
「色競九重錦」 「内匠頭義親」初代三枡梅舎 「横曽根平太郎」二代目嵐璃珏、「菊御前」中村千之助
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41972a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 114
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36080a-b, 11.41972a-b
Play: Iro Kurabe Kokonoe Nishiki
Theater: Kado
色競九重錦（いろくらべここのえにしき）
角
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
Play: Iro Kurabe Kokonoe Nishiki
Theater: Kado
色競九重錦（いろくらべここのえにしき）
角
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
芳瀧画
芳瀧画
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.