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「役者舞台之姿絵 たち花や」 三代目市川八百蔵の下部初平
Tachibanaya (Actor Ichikawa Yaozô III as Shimobe Shohei), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
「役者舞台之姿絵 たち花や」 三代目市川八百蔵の下部初平
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25332
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #84; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 211, fig. 2; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 30, #2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25332, 21.6972
Play: Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga
Theater: Miyako
初曙顔見世曽我（はつあけぼのかおみせそが）
都
Play: Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga
Theater: Miyako
初曙顔見世曽我（はつあけぼのかおみせそが）
都
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.