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初代尾上菊五郎の曽我五郎
Actor Onoe Kikugorô I as Soga Gorô
初代尾上菊五郎の曽我五郎
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1744–51 (Enkyô 1–Kan'en 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Wide hashira-e; 64.5 x 24.2 cm (25 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.963
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #18; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1843; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #71; Paine, MFA Bulletin v. 57, no. 308 (1959), fig. 2; Michener, Floating World (1954), #32
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.963, 11.13339
Play: Nanakusa Wakayagi Soga (?)
Theater: Ichimura (?)
Date of production: 1744, spring
Play: Nanakusa Wakayagi Soga (?)
Theater: Ichimura (?)
Date of production: 1744, spring
Signed
Hôgetsudo shômei Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shôhitsu
方月堂正名奥村文角政信正筆
方月堂正名奥村文角政信正筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Tanchôsai
InscriptionsPoem: Ono ga ne no/ ... / hototogisu
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross