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「田村丸 岩井紫若」（初代） 「韋駄天刑部 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「関ノ正市 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「月雪姫 中村松江」（三代目）
Actors, from right: Iwai Shijaku I as Tamuramaru, Nakamura Utaemon III as Idaten Keibu, Arashi Rikan II as Seki no Shôichi, and Nakamura Matsue III as Tsukiyuki-hime
「田村丸 岩井紫若」（初代） 「韋駄天刑部 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「関ノ正市 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「月雪姫 中村松江」（三代目）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Gochôtei Sadamasu I (Kunimasu) (Japanese, active 1834–1852)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Gochôtei Sadamasu I (Kunimasu) (Japanese, active 1834–1852)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban tetraptych; 37.5 x 102.7 cm (14 3/4 x 40 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35278-81
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99
DescriptionTetraptych, from right to left: 11.35278, 11.35279, 11.35280, 11.35281
Mitate (imaginary performance).
見立
Mitate (imaginary performance).
見立
Signed
Utagawa Sadamasu ga (on R and CL); Shunbaisai Hokuei ga (on CR and L)
歌川貞升画 春梅斎北英画
歌川貞升画 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.