Actors Ichikawa Yaozô II as Soga no Jûrô and Segawa Kikunojô II as Ôiso no Tora
二代目市川八百蔵の曽我十郎、二代目瀬川菊之丞の大磯のとら
Japanese
Edo period
1769 (Meiwa 6), 1st month
Artist Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.9 x 15.8 cm (11 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.13445
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play: Soga Moyô Aigo no Wakamatsu
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Markings
Artist's seal: Mori uji
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection