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「笠原新三郎 三枡梅舎」（初代） 「木曽ノ童子 嵐璃之助」（初代） 「宮本無三四 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「巌流島」
Actors Mimasu Baisha I as Sasahara Shinzaburô and Arashi Rinosuke I as Kiso no Dôji (R), and Arashi Rikaku II as Miyamoto Musashi (L), in the play Ganryûjima
「笠原新三郎 三枡梅舎」（初代） 「木曽ノ童子 嵐璃之助」（初代） 「宮本無三四 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「巌流島」
Kinoshita Hironobu I (Japanese, active about 1851–1870)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.2 x 36.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35073-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 116; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #389
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35073 (right), 11.35074 (left)
Play: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima
Theater: Kado
敵討巌流島（かたきうちがんりゅうじま）
角
Play: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima
Theater: Kado
敵討巌流島（かたきうちがんりゅうじま）
角
Signed
Hironobu (on right sheet), Ashinoya Hironobu (on left sheet)
広信 芦野家広信
広信 芦野家広信
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.