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五代目松本幸四郎の近江小藤太、初代中村大吉ヵの大磯の虎
Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Ômi Kotôta and Nakamura Daikichi I(?) as Ôiso no Tora
五代目松本幸四郎の近江小藤太、初代中村大吉ヵの大磯の虎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1946
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Rijksmuseum cat. IV, Hiroshige and the Utagawa School (1984), #122
DescriptionFrom a set of five prints showing ten actors in Soga Brothers roles, commissioned by the Hisakataya poetry club.
MFA prints in the series: 00.1945, 00.1946, 00.1947
MFA prints in the series: 00.1945, 00.1946, 00.1947
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Inscriptions「福藁注連門 村消の雪の若菜の青二才歯かたつ物か春の寒さに」
「花実亭常磐 梅か枝を放れし物と大磯の里なまりなる鴬のこゑ」
「花実亭常磐 梅か枝を放れし物と大磯の里なまりなる鴬のこゑ」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)