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「奴矢田平 実ハ 石川五右衛門 片岡市蔵」（初代）
Actor Kataoka Ichizô I as a Footman (Yakko), actually Ishikawa Goemon
「奴矢田平 実ハ 石川五右衛門 片岡市蔵」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.5 cm (15 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Ichikawa-zome
けいせい石川染（けいせいいしかわぞめ）
けいせい石川染（けいせいいしかわぞめ）
Signed
Toyokawa Toshikuni ga
豊川とし国画
豊川とし国画
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.