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「油や与兵衛 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「中村歌ほよ」、「藤川勝三郎」、「藤屋あづま 中村富三郎」（二代目）
Actors Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei (R) and Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Fujiya Azuma, with Nakamura Utahayo and Fujikawa Katsusaburô as Attendants (L)
「油や与兵衛 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「中村歌ほよ」、「藤川勝三郎」、「藤屋あづま 中村富三郎」（二代目）
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.1 x 50.8 cm (14 5/8 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26633-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 102
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26633 (left), 11.26634 (right)
Play: Abura-uri Kuruwa-banashi
Theater: Naka
油売人廓話（あぶらうりくるわばなし）
中
Play: Abura-uri Kuruwa-banashi
Theater: Naka
油売人廓話（あぶらうりくるわばなし）
中
Signed
Sekkarô Hokuei ga (on each sheet)
雪花楼北英画
雪花楼北英画
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.