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「奴文字助 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「けいせい岩国 中山南枝」（初代）
Actors Arashi Rikan II as the Footman (Yakko) Mojisuke (R) and Nakayama Nanshi I as the Courtesan (Keisei) Iwakuni (L)
「奴文字助 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「けいせい岩国 中山南枝」（初代）
Gigadô Ashiyuki (Japanese, active about 1814–1835)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 51 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35144-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 98; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #298
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35144 (right), 11.35145 (left)
Unidentified publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 11.35144-5, 11.36296a-b
Play: Keisei Sato no Odamaki
Theater: Kado
けいせい廓苧環
角
Unidentified publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 11.35144-5, 11.36296a-b
Play: Keisei Sato no Odamaki
Theater: Kado
けいせい廓苧環
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.