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田舎座頭徳市 「尾上松助」（初代） 天竺徳兵衛 「尾上松助」（初代）
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Blind Man (Inaka zatô) Tokuichi (R) and as Tenjiku Tokubei (L)
田舎座頭徳市 「尾上松助」（初代） 天竺徳兵衛 「尾上松助」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.6 x 51.6 cm (15 3/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22870-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #277
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22870 (left), 11.22871 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.22511 (right sheet only), 11.22870-1 (complete diptych)
Play: Tenjiku Tokubei Ikoku Banashi
Theater: Kawarazaki
天竺徳兵衛韓噺（てんじくとくべえいこくばなし）
河原崎
MFA impressions: 11.22511 (right sheet only), 11.22870-1 (complete diptych)
Play: Tenjiku Tokubei Ikoku Banashi
Theater: Kawarazaki
天竺徳兵衛韓噺（てんじくとくべえいこくばなし）
河原崎
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
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.