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高安左衛門直時 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 小女郎狐 「中村大吉」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Takayasu Saemon Naotoki (R) and Nakamura Daikichi I as the Fox Kojorô (Kojorô-gitsune) (L)
高安左衛門直時 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 小女郎狐 「中村大吉」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 11th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.4 x 49.8 cm (14 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26786-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26786 (left), 11.26787 (right)
Play: Ninin Muko Komikurai Sadame (?)
Theater: Nakamura (?)
二人聟座定（ににんむこみくらいさだめ）ヵ
中村ヵ
Play: Ninin Muko Komikurai Sadame (?)
Theater: Nakamura (?)
二人聟座定（ににんむこみくらいさだめ）ヵ
中村ヵ
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.