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「見立源氏五拾四帖ノ内 薄雲」 「孫作実は平太郎」二代目嵐璃珏、「女房おりう」二代目嵐璃寛
Usugumo: Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Magosaku, actually Heitarô, and Arashi Rikan III as his Wife (Nyôbô) Oryû, from the series Matches for the Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji gojûyojô no uchi)
「見立源氏五拾四帖ノ内 薄雲」 「孫作実は平太郎」二代目嵐璃珏、「女房おりう」二代目嵐璃寛
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; 25 x 18.4 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43001
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 114; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #134
DescriptionPlay: Iro Kurabe Kokonoe Nishiki
Theater: Kado
色競九重錦（いろくらべここのえにしき）
角
Theater: Kado
色競九重錦（いろくらべここのえにしき）
角
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.