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鴛鴦の精霊、右から 中村玉七 二代目嵐璃珏 沢村其答
Actors as Mandarin Ducks: Nakamura Tamashichi (R), Arashi Rikaku II (C), and Sawamura Kitô (L)
鴛鴦の精霊、右から 中村玉七 二代目嵐璃珏 沢村其答
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, with embossing
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 × 75.9 cm (14 1/2 × 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21331-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #153; Keyes, Hirosada (1984), #11
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21331 (left), 11.21332 (right), 11.21333 (center)
Play: Aratamaru Oshi no Omoiba (To Think How the Mandarin Ducks Have Changed)
Theater: Chikugo
新玉る鵣の思羽
筑後
Play: Aratamaru Oshi no Omoiba (To Think How the Mandarin Ducks Have Changed)
Theater: Chikugo
新玉る鵣の思羽
筑後
Signed
Hirosada (on each sheet)
広貞
広貞
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.