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二代目嵐三五郎の西行法師 初代中村富十郎の横笛 三代目大谷広次の文覚上人
Actors Arashi Sangorô II as Saigyô Hôshi (R), Nakamura Tomijûrô I as Yokobue (C), and Ôtani Hiroji III as Mongaku Shônin (L)
二代目嵐三五郎の西行法師 初代中村富十郎の横笛 三代目大谷広次の文覚上人
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1777 (An'ei 6), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 29.1 x 14.2 cm (11 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18965-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibai-e ni miru Edo Meiji no kabuki (Waseda, 2003), p. 79 (C only); diptych of the same play: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 76
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18965 (right), 11.18966 (left), 11.18967 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.18965-7 (complete triptych), RES.54.178 (left sheet only, corresponding to 11.18966)
Play: Kane Kakete Hana no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
鐘掛花振袖
中村座
MFA impressions: 11.18965-7 (complete triptych), RES.54.178 (left sheet only, corresponding to 11.18966)
Play: Kane Kakete Hana no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
鐘掛花振袖
中村座
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.