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初代中村仲蔵の兵庫下部後ニ中島八右衛門 二代目市川雷蔵の信田五郎 三代目松本幸四郎の菊池兵庫 二代目市川高麗蔵の信田下部駒平
Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Hyôgo's Retainer, Later Nakajima Hachiemon (R), Ichikawa Raizô II as Nobuta Gorô (CR), Matsumoto Kôshirô III as Kikuchi Hyôgo (CL), and Ichikawa Komazô II as Nobuta's Retainer Komahei (L)
初代中村仲蔵の兵庫下部後ニ中島八右衛門 二代目市川雷蔵の信田五郎 三代目松本幸四郎の菊池兵庫 二代目市川高麗蔵の信田下部駒平
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban tetraptych; 31.3 x 57 cm (12 5/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18565, 11.18947, 11.18949, 11.18948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #108 (center left sheet only)
DescriptionTetraptych: 11.18565 (L), 11.18947 (CL), 11.18948 (R), 11.18949 (CR)
Play: Katakiuchi Chûkô Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
敵討忠孝鑑（かたきうちちゅうこうかがみ）
中村
Play: Katakiuchi Chûkô Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
敵討忠孝鑑（かたきうちちゅうこうかがみ）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
春章画
Marks
Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape, on each sheet)
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.