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「しま川太兵へ 市川蝦十郎」（初代）、「磯貝藤助 小川吉太郎」（三代目） 「船越九八 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）、「磯貝平助 中山文七」（三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Shimakawa Tahei, Ogawa Kichitarô III as Isogai Tôsuke (R), Nakamura Utaemon III as Funagoshi Kyûhachi, and Nakayama Bunshichi III as Isogai Heisuke (L)
「しま川太兵へ 市川蝦十郎」（初代）、「磯貝藤助 小川吉太郎」（三代目） 「船越九八 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）、「磯貝平助 中山文七」（三代目）
Harukawa Ashihiro (Japanese, active 1816–1836)
Ashihisa (Japanese, active 1817)
Publisher: Shioya Chôbei
Ashihisa (Japanese, active 1817)
Publisher: Shioya Chôbei
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 51.2 cm (14 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35037, 11.35040
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 88
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35037 (right, by Ashihiro), 11.35040 (left, by Ashihisa)
Play: Katakiuchi Midô no Mae
Theater: Kado
敵討御堂前（かたきうちみどうのまえ）
角
Play: Katakiuchi Midô no Mae
Theater: Kado
敵討御堂前（かたきうちみどうのまえ）
角
Signed
Ashihiro ga (on right sheet), Ashihisa ga (on left sheet)
あし広画 芦尚画
あし広画 芦尚画
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.