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「浪乗曽我」 「おさと」二代目中山南枝、「弥太郎ヵ」中村友三 「どふ三」初代実川延三郎 「華鳥風月内 鳥」
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Birds (Tori), from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu uchi): Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as Osato, Nakamura Tomozô as Yatarô (?) (R), and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Dôza (L), in the play Nami Nori Soga
「浪乗曽我」 「おさと」二代目中山南枝、「弥太郎ヵ」中村友三 「どふ三」初代実川延三郎 「華鳥風月内 鳥」
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo (Japanese, died 1866)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25.7 × 35.8 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16226.9a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Nami Nori Soga Hana no Kagekiyo
Theater: Naka
浪乗曽我花景清（なみのりそがはなのかげきよ）
中
Album: 11.16226.1 to .14a-c
Sticker inside back cover reads"No. 10, W.S.B."
Theater: Naka
浪乗曽我花景清（なみのりそがはなのかげきよ）
中
Album: 11.16226.1 to .14a-c
Sticker inside back cover reads"No. 10, W.S.B."
Signed
Yoshitoyo (on each sheet)
芳豊
芳豊
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.