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「さつきひめ 中村松江」（三代目） 「石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Matsue III as Satsuki-hime (R) and Nakamura Utaemon III as Ishikawa Goemon (L)
「さつきひめ 中村松江」（三代目） 「石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 50.9 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35038-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 88; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #113 (L only); Riccar Museum, Kamigata Ukiyo-e 200-nen ten (1975), #55
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35038 (right), 11.35039 (left)
Play: Keisei Chigo-ga-fuchi
Theater: Kado
けいせい稚児淵（けいせいちごがふち）
角
Play: Keisei Chigo-ga-fuchi
Theater: Kado
けいせい稚児淵（けいせいちごがふち）
角
Signed
Ashihisa ga (on each sheet, but spelled differently)
芦尚画 あし尚画
芦尚画 あし尚画
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.