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「団七女房お梶 中村大吉」（初代） 「団七九郎兵衛 中村芝翫」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Daikichi I as Danshichi's Wife (Nyôbô) Okaji (R) and Nakamura Shikan I as Danshichi Kurobei (L)
「団七女房お梶 中村大吉」（初代） 「団七九郎兵衛 中村芝翫」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 50.9 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26752-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of triptych): 11.26752 (right), 11.26753 (left)
Play: Natsu Matsuri Yomiya no Tateire
Theater: Nakamura, Second Feature, Finale
Main Feature: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
菅原伝授手習鑑 （すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ）
夏祭宵宮譚 （なつまつりよみやのたていれ）
中村、二番目切狂言
Play: Natsu Matsuri Yomiya no Tateire
Theater: Nakamura, Second Feature, Finale
Main Feature: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Nakamura Utaemon III used his poetry name, Shikan, as a temporary stage name when he performed in Edo in 1818-19.
菅原伝授手習鑑 （すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ）
夏祭宵宮譚 （なつまつりよみやのたていれ）
中村、二番目切狂言
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.