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「牛若丸 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「熊坂張半 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Ushiwakamaru (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kumasama Chôhan (L)
「牛若丸 嵐璃珏」（二代目） 「熊坂張半 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37.6 cm (9 13/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21110, 11.21115
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 113; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #616
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21110 (left), 11.21115 (right)
Play: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
Theater: Horie
勝鬨莩源氏
堀江
Play: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
Theater: Horie
勝鬨莩源氏
堀江
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.