Reconciliation Song of Arashi Kitsusaburô I (Rikan, right) and Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan, left)

Jukôdô Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1804–1843)

Ariwaradô Chûbei (Japanese)

Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)

1821 (Bunsei 4), 6th month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban; 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.36259

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Inscriptions「二上り　鶴たちはな　百き調　きいてかへゝ―――　うわさのたちはな名物男でかたやなり。羽をのす。鶴の。かたや。あらくれ男。うちませふしやんゝ―――。もひとつせいしやんゝ―――ねんのためほんきまりゝ―――てこれまでのりきみをながす大川へヱゝ出たわいなヲゝすずしやの」

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.