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「梶原平次かげたか 沢村藤蔵」（初代）
Actor Sawamura Tôzô I as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka
「梶原平次かげたか 沢村藤蔵」（初代）
Utagawa Kunimitsu I (Japanese, active 1800s–early 1830s)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: HIragana Seisuiki
Theater: Ichimura
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
市村
Sawamura Tôzô I used this name from 1796.07--1808.11, when he took the name Sawamura Shirogorô II.
Theater: Ichimura
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
市村
Sawamura Tôzô I used this name from 1796.07--1808.11, when he took the name Sawamura Shirogorô II.
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunimitsu ga
豊国門人国満画
豊国門人国満画
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.