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「重暁丸 市川鰕十郎」（初代） 「おはや 中村松江」（三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Shigeakimaru (R) and Nakamura Matsue III as Ohaya (L)
「重暁丸 市川鰕十郎」（初代） 「おはや 中村松江」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1820 (Bunsei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 51.2 cm (14 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36017-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 89
DescriptionDiptych: 11.36017 (left), 11.36018 (right)
Play: Keisei Hana no Konoshita
Theater: Kado
けいせい花大樹（けいせいはなのこのした）
角
Play: Keisei Hana no Konoshita
Theater: Kado
けいせい花大樹（けいせいはなのこのした）
角
Signed
Kunihiro ga (on each sheet)
国広画
国広画
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.