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「おそめ 市川右団二」（初代） 「久まつ 我当」（二代目） 「染もよふ妹背の門松」
Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as Osome (R) and Kataoka Gatô II as Hisamatsu (L), in Somemoyô Imose no Kadomatsu
「おそめ 市川右団二」（初代） 「久まつ 我当」（二代目） 「染もよふ妹背の門松」
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.4 x 36.4 cm (10 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35025-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 120
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35025 (right), 11.35026 (left)
Play: Somemoyô Imose no Kadomatsu
Theater: Kado
染模様妹背門松（そめもよういもせのかどまつ）
角
Play: Somemoyô Imose no Kadomatsu
Theater: Kado
染模様妹背門松（そめもよういもせのかどまつ）
角
Signed
Ôju Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
応需芳瀧画
応需芳瀧画
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.