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三代目中むら松江のおたか 初代市川鰕十良の杢右衛門、五代目市川団蔵の弥七
Actors Nakamura Matsue III as Otaka (R), Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Mokuemon, and Ichikawa Danzô V as Yashichi
三代目中むら松江のおたか 初代市川鰕十良の杢右衛門、五代目市川団蔵の弥七
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1824 (Bunsei 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 51.1 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26637-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 93; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #153 (variant)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26637 (left), 11.26638 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.26637-8 (earlier, privately printed edition), 11.35461-2 (later, commercial edition, with actors' names and no poems)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kado
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
角
MFA impressions: 11.26637-8 (earlier, privately printed edition), 11.35461-2 (later, commercial edition, with actors' names and no poems)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kado
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
角
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû (on each sheet)
春好斎北洲
春好斎北洲
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.