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二代目中村助五郎の雷庄九郎 二代目坂田半五郎の布袋市右衛門
Actors Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô (R) and Sakata Hangorô II as Hotei Ichiemon (L)
二代目中村助五郎の雷庄九郎 二代目坂田半五郎の布袋市右衛門
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Diptych; 29.5 x 25 cm (11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26653-4
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #433
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete pentaptych): 11.26653 (left), 11.26654 (right)
Main play: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Additional play, added in the 2nd month: Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
初紋日郭曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
五人男（ごにんおとこ）
中村
Main play: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Additional play, added in the 2nd month: Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
初紋日郭曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
五人男（ごにんおとこ）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga
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.