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尾上菊五郎の曽我五郎
Actor Onoe Kikugorô as Soga no Gorô dressed as a Komusô
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; 69.2 x 25.6 cm (27 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13339
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
Hôgetsudô 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
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.