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「ふな越九八 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「しま川太兵へ 市川蝦十郎」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Funakoshi Kyûhachi (R) and Ichikawa Ebijûrô as I Shimakawa Tahei (L)
「ふな越九八 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「しま川太兵へ 市川蝦十郎」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.9 x 51.4 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35114-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 88
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35114 (right), 11.35115 (left)
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
Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
芦ゆき画
芦ゆき画
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.