Advanced Search 
二代目山下金作の景清女房あこや 初代中村仲蔵の荵売実ハ大日坊亡魂 二代目市川門之助の久松
Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Kagekiyo's Wife Akoya (R), Nakamura Nakazô I as a Fern Seller (Shinobu-uri), actually the Ghost of Dainichibô (C), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hisamatsu (L)
二代目山下金作の景清女房あこや 初代中村仲蔵の荵売実ハ大日坊亡魂 二代目市川門之助の久松
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 30.8 x 41.9 cm (12 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18894, 11.18897, 11.18898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18894 (right), 11.18897 (left), 11.18898 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.18894VR (11.18894, 11.18897, 11.18898) (complete), 21.4175 (center sheet only), 21.4264 (right sheet only)
Play (Jôruri): Shinobugusa Koi no Utsushie
Play: Iromoyô Aoyagi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
色模様青柳曽我（いろもようあおやぎそが）
中村
MFA impressions: 11.18894VR (11.18894, 11.18897, 11.18898) (complete), 21.4175 (center sheet only), 21.4264 (right sheet only)
Play (Jôruri): Shinobugusa Koi no Utsushie
Play: Iromoyô Aoyagi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
色模様青柳曽我（いろもようあおやぎそが）
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.