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「五変化ノ内 沢村訥升」 （初代沢村訥升のいさみ）
Actor Sawamura Tosshô I as Isami, in a Dance of Five Changes (Gohenge no uchi)
「五変化ノ内 沢村訥升」 （初代沢村訥升のいさみ）
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37809.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionSection of play: Isami Otoko no Hanami Modori
Play (Jôruri): Somenobori Ayame no Irozashi
Play (main feature): Mukashigatari Uguisuzuka
Theater: Kawarazaki
Album: 11.37809.1a-c-.31a-c
昔語黄鳥墳（むかしがたりうぐいすづか）
染幟菖蒲の彩色（そめのぼりあやめのいろざし） 富本
任侠男花見戻（いさみおとこのはなみもどり）
河原崎、二番目大切
貼込帖『東錦絵』(11.37809.1-31a-c)に張り込まれていたもの。
Play (Jôruri): Somenobori Ayame no Irozashi
Play (main feature): Mukashigatari Uguisuzuka
Theater: Kawarazaki
Album: 11.37809.1a-c-.31a-c
昔語黄鳥墳（むかしがたりうぐいすづか）
染幟菖蒲の彩色（そめのぼりあやめのいろざし） 富本
任侠男花見戻（いさみおとこのはなみもどり）
河原崎、二番目大切
貼込帖『東錦絵』(11.37809.1-31a-c)に張り込まれていたもの。
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「猫の目とともにかわるや雲の峰 訥升<訥升>」
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.