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「東山殿猿楽興行図」
A Sarugaku Performance for Lord Higashiyama (Higashiyama dono sarugaku kôgyô no zu)
「東山殿猿楽興行図」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 72.4 cm (14 3/16 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37427, 11.37436a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.37427 (right), 11.37436a-b (center and left)
Signed
Gyokuransai Sadahide ga (on right sheet), Sadahide ga (on center sheet), Gyokuran Sadahide ga (on left sheet)
玉蘭斎貞秀画 貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
玉蘭斎貞秀画 貞秀画 玉蘭貞秀画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
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.