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「けいせい滝川 中村三光」（初代） 「石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Sankô I as the courtesan Takigawa (R) and Nakamura Utaemon II as Ishikawa Goemon (L)
「けいせい滝川 中村三光」（初代） 「石川五右衛門 中村歌右衛門」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 49.6 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35313-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 92; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #181
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35313 (right), 11.35314 (left)
Play: Kamagafuchi Futatsu-domoe
Theater: Naka
釜淵双級巴
中
Play: Kamagafuchi Futatsu-domoe
Theater: Naka
釜淵双級巴
中
Signed
Shunkôsai monjin Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春好斎門人春曙画
春好斎門人春曙画
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.