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曽我五郎 「市川団十郎」（二代目）、朝比奈 「大谷広次」（初代）
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô II as Soga no Gorô and Ôtani Hiroji I as Asahina
曽我五郎 「市川団十郎」（二代目）、朝比奈 「大谷広次」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1723 (Kyôhô 8), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.1 x 15 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13293
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0455, fig. 110, color pl. 10; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 98
DescriptionPlay: Soga Koyomi Biraki
Theater: Nakamura
曽我暦開（そがこよみびらき）
中村
享保08 · 01
Theater: Nakamura
曽我暦開（そがこよみびらき）
中村
享保08 · 01
Signed
Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆
鳥居清倍筆
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.
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.