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「尺八指南斎宮 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「次平娘おみつ 坂東しうか」（初代）
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Shakuhachi Teacher Saigû (R) and Bandô Shûka I as Jihei's Daughter (Musume) Omitsu (L)
「尺八指南斎宮 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「次平娘おみつ 坂東しうか」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.2 × 51.3 cm (15 1/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21588-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21588 (right), 11.21589 (left)
Play: Iso Chidori Naruto no Adauchi
Theater: Ichimura
磯鵆成渡讐(いそちどりなるとのあだうち）
市村
Play: Iso Chidori Naruto no Adauchi
Theater: Ichimura
磯鵆成渡讐(いそちどりなるとのあだうち）
市村
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.