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「錦祥女 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「かんき 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「和藤内 嵐璃寛」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Kinshôjo (R), Nakamura Utaemon III as Kanki (C), and Arashi Rikan II as Watônai (L)
「錦祥女 中村富十郎」（二代目） 「かんき 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「和藤内 嵐璃寛」（二代目）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 77.2 cm (14 3/4 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35223-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 100; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #313; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #490
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35223 (right), 11.35224 (center), 11.35225 (left)
Play: Kokusen'ya Kassen
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Play: Kokusen'ya Kassen
Theater: Kado
国性爺合戦（ こくせんやかっせん）
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokuei ga (on each sheet)
春江斎北英画
春江斎北英画
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.