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初代大谷友右衛門の八百屋後家おつま 三代目瀬川菊之丞のおちよ、初代坂東三津五郎の半兵衛
Actors Ôtani Tomoemon I as the Grocer's Widow Otsuma (R), Segawa Kikunojô III as Ochiyo, and Bandô Mitsugorô I as Hanbei (L)
初代大谷友右衛門の八百屋後家おつま 三代目瀬川菊之丞のおちよ、初代坂東三津五郎の半兵衛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 31.6 x 27.8 cm (12 7/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18943-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #469
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18943 (left), 11.18944 (right); virtual record: 11.18943-4
MFA impressions: 11.18943-4 (complete diptych), 21.4030 (right sheet only)
Play (second feature, 1 of 3 on alternate days): Ochiyo Hanbei Michiyuki Kakine no Yuiwata
Play (main feature): Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
The main feature opened in the 2nd month and ran to the 4th month. Beginning in the 3rd month, the second feature consisted of three different romantic dance plays rotating in a three-day cycle.
おちよ半兵衛 道行垣根の結綿（おちよはんべいみちゆきかきねのゆいわた）
劇所花万代曽我（かぶきのはなばんだいそが）
市村
MFA impressions: 11.18943-4 (complete diptych), 21.4030 (right sheet only)
Play (second feature, 1 of 3 on alternate days): Ochiyo Hanbei Michiyuki Kakine no Yuiwata
Play (main feature): Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
The main feature opened in the 2nd month and ran to the 4th month. Beginning in the 3rd month, the second feature consisted of three different romantic dance plays rotating in a three-day cycle.
おちよ半兵衛 道行垣根の結綿（おちよはんべいみちゆきかきねのゆいわた）
劇所花万代曽我（かぶきのはなばんだいそが）
市村
Signed
Shunshô ga (on right 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.