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「宮本無三四 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「娘糸はぎ 中むら千之助」 「巌流島」
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Miyamoto Musashi (R) and Nakamura Sennnosuke as the Daughter (Musume) Itohagi (L), in the play Ganryûjima
「宮本無三四 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「娘糸はぎ 中むら千之助」 「巌流島」
Kinoshita Hironobu I (Japanese, active about 1851–1870)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.2 x 36.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35082-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 116; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #387
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35082 (right), 11.35083 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.16226.8a-b, 11.16226.12a-b,11.35082-3
Play: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima
Theater: Kado
敵討巌流島（かたきうちがんりゅうじま）
角
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
MFA impressions: 11.16226.8a-b, 11.16226.12a-b,11.35082-3
Play: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima
Theater: Kado
敵討巌流島（かたきうちがんりゅうじま）
角
The Kamigata actor Nakamura Sennosuke, active between 1825 and 1885, is identified in the Ikeda Bunko catalogue as Sennosuke I; but according to the Kabuki21 website, the name was first used in Edo in 1792.1 to 1799.10. Officially, the name Sennosuke II was awarded to a Tokyo actor during the Meiji era. Furthermore, there may have been more than one Kamigata actor using the name between 1825 and 1885. In view of the confusion, for the time being, no lineage number has been assigned to the Nakamura Sennosuke active in Kamigata.
Signed
Hironobu (on right sheet), Ashinoya Hironobu (on left sheet)
広信 芦野家広信
広信 芦野家広信
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.