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三代目沢村宗十郎の工藤祐経、三代目市川八百蔵の曾我五郎、初代三桝徳次郎の大磯虎
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Kudô Suketsune, Ichikawa Yaozô III as Soga no Gorô, and Mimasu Tokujirô I as Ôiso no Tora
三代目沢村宗十郎の工藤祐経、三代目市川八百蔵の曾我五郎、初代三桝徳次郎の大磯虎
Japanese
Edo period
1785 (Tenmei 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 25.9 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13914
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #27; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #80 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #95, pl. 69; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #698, pl. LXXXI
DescriptionPlay: Hatsuhana Mimasu Soga
Theater: Nakamura
初花みます曽我（はつはなみますそが）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
初花みます曽我（はつはなみますそが）
中村
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.