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初代坂東三津五郎のお辰亡魂 二代目市川門之助の蓮西坊
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô I as the Ghost of Otatsu (R) and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Rensaibô (L)
初代坂東三津五郎のお辰亡魂 二代目市川門之助の蓮西坊
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 29.6 x 28.7 cm (11 5/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18796, 11.18825
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #153 (C only)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.18796 (right), 11.18825 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.18796VR (11.18796, 11.18825) (C and L only), 21.4130 (R only), 21.4131 (L only)
Play: Hike ya Tende ni Tsurigane-biiki
Main feature: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater: Nakamura
曳各鐘贔屓（ひけやてんでにつりがねひいき）
初紋日艶郷曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
中村
MFA impressions: 11.18796VR (11.18796, 11.18825) (C and L only), 21.4130 (R only), 21.4131 (L only)
Play: Hike ya Tende ni Tsurigane-biiki
Main feature: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater: Nakamura
曳各鐘贔屓（ひけやてんでにつりがねひいき）
初紋日艶郷曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
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.