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「白拍子 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「せい高坊 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as a Shirabyôshi Dancer (R) and Sawamura Tosshô II as Seikôbô (L)
「白拍子 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「せい高坊 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1879 (Meiji 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16158, 11.16617
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.16158 (left), 11.16617 (right)
No date seal or publisher's mark.
No date seal or publisher's mark.
Signed
Ôju Kunichika hitsu
応需国周筆
応需国周筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
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.