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森田座辻番付 曽我祭、「［江戸名所］緑曽我」（えどめいしょみどりそが）、垣衣恋写絵（しのぶぐさこいのうつしえ）
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for the Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) and Plays at the Morita Theater: Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Shinobugusa Koi no Utsushi-e
森田座辻番付 曽我祭、「［江戸名所］緑曽我」（えどめいしょみどりそが）、垣衣恋写絵（しのぶぐさこいのうつしえ）
Japanese
Edo period
1779 (An'ei 8), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
37.6 x 29 cm (14 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1529
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1529, 11.28529
Play: Edo Meisho Midori Soga
Play: Shinobugusa Koi no Utsushi-e
Theater: Morita
The Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) was a custom of Edo theaters that celebrated the historical date of the revenge of the Soga brothers on the 28th day of the 5th month and marked the last performance of the Soga play that had been running since the beginning of the year.
1779、己亥、安永０８、05・05
森田
曽我祭（そがまつり） ７化けの所作大踊
大名題 [江戸名所]緑曽我［えどめいしょみどりそが］
［垣衣恋写絵］［しのぶぐさこいのうつしえ］、３立目
口上に「曽我祭を出し申候只今迄の通リしのふ売の幕を朝三立めに仕」とあり。
Play: Edo Meisho Midori Soga
Play: Shinobugusa Koi no Utsushi-e
Theater: Morita
The Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) was a custom of Edo theaters that celebrated the historical date of the revenge of the Soga brothers on the 28th day of the 5th month and marked the last performance of the Soga play that had been running since the beginning of the year.
1779、己亥、安永０８、05・05
森田
曽我祭（そがまつり） ７化けの所作大踊
大名題 [江戸名所]緑曽我［えどめいしょみどりそが］
［垣衣恋写絵］［しのぶぐさこいのうつしえ］、３立目
口上に「曽我祭を出し申候只今迄の通リしのふ売の幕を朝三立めに仕」とあり。
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ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)