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Actors Ichikawa Komazô II as Kudô Saemon, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Soga no Jûrô


二代目市川高麗蔵の工藤左衛門、二代目市川門之助の曽我五郎、二代目市川八百蔵の曽我十郎
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19313
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Haru wa Soga Akebono-zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
春曽我曙草紙(はるのそがあけぼのぞうし)
中村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Mori uji
版元:なし
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.