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「小姓吉三郎 あらし小六」（四代目） 「八百屋お七 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actors Arashi Koroku IV as the Page Kichisaburô (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Yaoya Oshichi (L)
「小姓吉三郎 あらし小六」（四代目） 「八百屋お七 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 50.8 cm (14 13/16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26635-6
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), #104; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #199
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26635 (left), 11.26636 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.26635-6 (with background), 17.3210.19VR (17.3210.19, 17.3210.21; without background)
Play: Sono Mukashi Koi no Higanoko
Theater: Naka
其昔恋緋纈（そのむかしこいのひがのこ）
中
MFA impressions: 11.26635-6 (with background), 17.3210.19VR (17.3210.19, 17.3210.21; without background)
Play: Sono Mukashi Koi no Higanoko
Theater: Naka
其昔恋緋纈（そのむかしこいのひがのこ）
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.