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「岩ふじ 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「おはつ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Iwafuji (R) and Nakamura Utaemon III as Ohatsu (L)
「岩ふじ 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「おはつ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.4 x 50.5 cm (14 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26620-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #372; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 89; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #011
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26620 (right), 11.26621 (left)
Play: Keisei Kagamiyama
Theater: Kado
けいせい双鏡山
角
Play: Keisei Kagamiyama
Theater: Kado
けいせい双鏡山
角
Signed
Urakusai ga (on each sheet)
有楽斎画
有楽斎画
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.