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Actors Sawamura Yodogorô II as Kawatsura Hôgen and Bandô Zenji as Oninosadobô


二代目沢村淀五郎の川連法眼と坂東善次の鬼佐渡坊
Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14676
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #68; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 170; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #27; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #28
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune)
Theater: Kawarazaki
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
河原崎
Signed Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: broken cherry blossom (unidentified)
改印:極
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.