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「青柳大夫 藤川友吉」（二代目） 「百姓重作 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actors Fujikawa Tomokichi II as Aoyagi-dayû (R) and Nakamura Utaemon III as the Farmer (Hyakushô) Jûsaku (L)
「青柳大夫 藤川友吉」（二代目） 「百姓重作 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.2 x 51.7 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35179-80
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35179 (right), 11.35180 (left)
Play: Tenmangô Aiju no Meiboku
Theater: Kado
天満宮花梅桜松（てんまんぐうあいじゅのめいぼく）
角
Play: Tenmangô Aiju no Meiboku
Theater: Kado
天満宮花梅桜松（てんまんぐうあいじゅのめいぼく）
角
Signed
Gigadô Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
戯画堂芦ゆき画
戯画堂芦ゆき画
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.