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「中納言行平」八代目市川団十郎 「奴蘭平」1.5代目尾上松緑
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Chûnagon Yukihira (R) and Onoe Shôroku 1.5 as the Footman (Yakko) Ranpei (L)
「中納言行平」八代目市川団十郎 「奴蘭平」1.5代目尾上松緑
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.6 x 59.8 cm (14 x 23 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15726-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.15726 (right), 11.15727 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.15726-7, 11.43952a-b
Play: Saiwai Ariwara Keizu
Play: Tojiawase Ayatsuri Kendai
Theater: Kawarazaki
The actor Onoe Shôroku 1.5 (also sometimes called 1.2) used the name from 1849 to 1873 but is not presently recognized as an official member of the line. This print depicts his first performance after taking the name (shûmei).
福在原系図（さいわいありわらけいず）
緘合操見台（とじあわせあやつりけんだい）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２
MFA impressions: 11.15726-7, 11.43952a-b
Play: Saiwai Ariwara Keizu
Play: Tojiawase Ayatsuri Kendai
Theater: Kawarazaki
The actor Onoe Shôroku 1.5 (also sometimes called 1.2) used the name from 1849 to 1873 but is not presently recognized as an official member of the line. This print depicts his first performance after taking the name (shûmei).
福在原系図（さいわいありわらけいず）
緘合操見台（とじあわせあやつりけんだい）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.