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「ういらう売虎屋藤吉 七代目 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (poetry name Hakuen VII) as the Medicine Vendor (Uiro-uri) Toraya Tôkichi
「ういらう売虎屋藤吉 七代目 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1800 (Kansei 12), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.1 x 14.7 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19268
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）、５段続、４段目大切迄
（ういらう売）［ういろううり］、千本桜３段目の口
中村
1800、庚申、寛政１２、05・05
Ichikawa Ebizô V took this name in 1797 as a six-year-old child actor and used it until 1807, when he took the prestigious name Ichikawa Danjûrô VII. From 1832 until his death in 1859, he used the name Ebizô V once again.
Theater: Nakamura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）、５段続、４段目大切迄
（ういらう売）［ういろううり］、千本桜３段目の口
中村
1800、庚申、寛政１２、05・05
Ichikawa Ebizô V took this name in 1797 as a six-year-old child actor and used it until 1807, when he took the prestigious name Ichikawa Danjûrô VII. From 1832 until his death in 1859, he used the name Ebizô V once again.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
Collector's seal: broken sakura (unidentified)
Collector's seal: broken sakura (unidentified)
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.