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「武智光秀 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「嘉平治妻玉笹 中村松江」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Takechi Mitsuhide (R) and Nakamura Matsue III as Kaheiji's Wife Tamazasa (R)
「武智光秀 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「嘉平治妻玉笹 中村松江」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 49.2 cm (14 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35132-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #376; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #288
DescriptionDiptych (left half of incomplete tetraptych): 11.35132 (right), 11.35133 (left)
Play: Matsushita Kaheiji Renga Hyôban
Theater: Kado
松下嘉平治連歌評判
角
Play: Matsushita Kaheiji Renga Hyôban
Theater: Kado
松下嘉平治連歌評判
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.