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Actors Nakamura Rikô I as Izumi Shikibu (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Hirai Yasumasa (L)


初代中村里好の和泉式部  五代目市川団十郎の平井保正
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.5 x 29.5 cm (12 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18764, 11.18846
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18764 (left), 11.18846 (right)

Play (kaomise): Shitennô Tonoi no Kisewata
Theater: Nakamura
四天王宿直着綿(してんおうとのいのきせわた)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.