Advanced Search 
三代目瀬川菊之丞の安方 四代目岩井半四郎の善知鳧
Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utô (L)
三代目瀬川菊之丞の安方 四代目岩井半四郎の善知鳧
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 30.5 x 27 cm (12 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18819, 11.18924
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), p. 41; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #497
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18819 (right), 11.18924 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.18819VR (11.18819, 11.18924), *11.18925 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Play (jôruri): Mutsumashitsuki Koi no Tetori (Opportunism in Love in the First Month of the Year)
Play (kaomise): Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
睦月恋手取（むつましつきこひのてとり）
五代源氏貢振袖（ごだいげんじみつぎのふりそで）
中村
MFA impressions: 11.18819VR (11.18819, 11.18924), *11.18925 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Play (jôruri): Mutsumashitsuki Koi no Tetori (Opportunism in Love in the First Month of the Year)
Play (kaomise): Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
睦月恋手取（むつましつきこひのてとり）
五代源氏貢振袖（ごだいげんじみつぎのふりそで）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.
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.