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「梶原平次 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「梶原源太 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kajiwara Heiji (R) and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kajiwara Genta (L)
「梶原平次 嵐吉三郎」（三代目） 「梶原源太 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.7 x 34.6 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20656, 11.20658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112
DescriptionDiptych: 11.20656 (right), 11.20658 (left)
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Tenman
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
天満
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Tenman
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
天満
Signed
Kunikazu (on each sheet)
国員
国員
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.