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「爪琴 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「源三位頼政 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「あやめの前 中村歌六」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Tsumekoto (R), Arashi Rikan II as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (C), and Nakamura Karoku I as Ayame no Mae (L)
「爪琴 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「源三位頼政 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「あやめの前 中村歌六」（初代）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 75.8 cm (14 11/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35214-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 102; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #385; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #572
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35214 (right), 11.35215 (center), 11.35216 (left)
Play: Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
Theater: Naka
頼政鵺物語
中
Play: Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
Theater: Naka
頼政鵺物語
中
Signed
Shunbaisai Hokuei ga (on each sheet)
春梅斎北英画
春梅斎北英画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.