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初代中村仲蔵の松風、二代目市川高麗蔵の行平、四代目岩井半四郎の村雨
Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Matsukaze, Ichikawa Komazô II as Yukihira (R), and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Murasame (L), from an unidentified book of theatrical scenes
初代中村仲蔵の松風、二代目市川高麗蔵の行平、四代目岩井半四郎の村雨
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two chûbon pages; 21.1 x 13.9 cm (8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19782-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
A similar book: Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), vol. 1, pp. 337-9
DescriptionDiptych: 11.19782 (left), 11.19783 (right)
Play: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
A similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only)
倭花小野五文字（くにのはなおののいつもじ）
中村
Play: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
A similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only)
倭花小野五文字（くにのはなおののいつもじ）
中村
Signed
(this page unsigned)
無款
無款
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.