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二丁の千社札(納札) 通天橋で四代目市川小団次の浅倉当吾、四代目坂東彦三郎の東山義正
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Double senjafuda (nôsatsu): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgô and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Higashiyama Yoshimasa in the Tsûten Bridge scene
二丁の千社札(納札) 通天橋で四代目市川小団次の浅倉当吾、四代目坂東彦三郎の東山義正
Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1850s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14.5 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45891.19
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAlbum: 11.45891.1-27
Each page: 33 × 13.3 cm (13 × 5 1/4 in.)
Based on a scene from a play that premiered in 1851, although the senjafuda may be a little later. Compare, e.g., 11.38080 and 11.44025a-c .
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村
Each page: 33 × 13.3 cm (13 × 5 1/4 in.)
Based on a scene from a play that premiered in 1851, although the senjafuda may be a little later. Compare, e.g., 11.38080 and 11.44025a-c .
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村
Signed
Ikkôsai Yoshimori ga
一光斎芳盛画
一光斎芳盛画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.