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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga Gorô Tokimune


「曽我五郎時宗」五代目市川海老蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 25.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40359
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Shôfudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri
Play (main feature): Hatsu Dôchû Sugoroku Soga
Theater: Nakamura
正札附根元草摺(しょうふだつきこんげんくさずり)、長唄
魁道中双禄曽我(はつどうちゅうすごろくそが)、下の巻
中村、一番目五幕目
1859、安政06、01・15
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未正改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.