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「荒獅子男之助 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「仁木だん正 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Arajishi Otokonosuke (R) and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Nikki Danjô (L)
「荒獅子男之助 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「仁木だん正 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 51 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35457-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 90; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #100; Riccar Museum, Kamigata Ukiyo-e 200-nen ten (1975), #70
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35457 (right), 11.35458 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.35457-8, 11.36292a-b
Play: Hagi wa Sendai Na wa Matsumoto
Theater: Naka
秋花先代名松本（はぎはせんだいなはまつもと）
中
MFA impressions: 11.35457-8, 11.36292a-b
Play: Hagi wa Sendai Na wa Matsumoto
Theater: Naka
秋花先代名松本（はぎはせんだいなはまつもと）
中
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga (on each sheet)
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画
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.