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「雄蝶の精」四代目中村芝翫 「雌蝶の精」三代目沢村田之助
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as the Spirit of a Male Butterfly (Ochô no sei) (R) and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Spirit of a Female Butterfly (Mechô no sei) (L)
「雄蝶の精」四代目中村芝翫 「雌蝶の精」三代目沢村田之助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 49.1 cm (14 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29879-80
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29879 (left), 11.29880 (right)
Play: Katakiuchi Amanohashidate
Dance number: Kikkôden Goshiki no Kumiito
Theater: Morita
復讐天橋立（かたきうちあまのはしだて）
乞巧奠五色の☆（きっこうでんごしきのくみいと）、常磐津、清元、長唄
雄蝶の精（おちょうのせい）
守田、二番目大切
Play: Katakiuchi Amanohashidate
Dance number: Kikkôden Goshiki no Kumiito
Theater: Morita
復讐天橋立（かたきうちあまのはしだて）
乞巧奠五色の☆（きっこうでんごしきのくみいと）、常磐津、清元、長唄
雄蝶の精（おちょうのせい）
守田、二番目大切
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
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.