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「団十郎もぐさうりせりふ」 艾屋五郎吉 「市川升五郎」
Actor Ichikawa Masugurô as Mogusaya Gorokichi, Delivering Danjûrô's Lines for the Moxa Peddler (Danjûrô mogusa-uri serifu)
「団十郎もぐさうりせりふ」 艾屋五郎吉 「市川升五郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1732 (Kyôhô 17), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.7 x 15.6 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1980
DescriptionPlay: Hatsugoyomi Ainai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Masugorô was the adopted son of Danjûrô II and became Danjûrô III in 1835.
初暦商曽我（はつごよみあいないそが）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
Masugorô was the adopted son of Danjûrô II and became Danjûrô III in 1835.
初暦商曽我（はつごよみあいないそが）
中村
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
日本画工 奥村利信筆
日本画工 奥村利信筆
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.