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「かうきでんのゑすがた」 「三井寺らいがうあじやり 市川海老蔵」（二代目市川海老蔵の頼豪阿闍梨）
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II as Raigô Ajari of Mii-dera Temple, Looking at a Portrait of Kôkiden (Kôkiden no e-sugata)
「かうきでんのゑすがた」 「三井寺らいがうあじやり 市川海老蔵」（二代目市川海老蔵の頼豪阿闍梨）
Japanese
Edo period
1741 (Genbun 6/Kanpô 1), 8th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.9 x 14.4 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13298
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0651; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #100; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 28
DescriptionPlay: Uruoi Seiwa Genji (?)
Theater: Nakamura
潤清和源氏（うるおいせいわげんじ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
潤清和源氏（うるおいせいわげんじ）
中村
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆
絵師鳥居清倍筆
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.