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「山崎与五郎 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「ふじ屋あづま 中村歌六」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Yamazaki Yogorô (R) and Nakamura Karoku I as Fujiya Azuma (L)
「山崎与五郎 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「ふじ屋あづま 中村歌六」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 52.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35315-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #192; Riccar Museum, Kamigata Ukiyo-e 200-nen ten (1975), #85
DescriptionDiptych (two center sheets of tetraptych): 11.35315 (right), 11.35316 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.35315-6, 17.3210.22-3
Play: Futatsu Chocho Kuruwa Nikki
Theater: Kado
双蝶々曲輪日記 （ふたつちょうちょうくるわにっき）
角
MFA impressions: 11.35315-6, 17.3210.22-3
Play: Futatsu Chocho Kuruwa Nikki
Theater: Kado
双蝶々曲輪日記 （ふたつちょうちょうくるわにっき）
角
Signed
Shunshosai Hokuchô ga (on each sheet)
春曙斎北頂画
春曙斎北頂画
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.