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とら 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Tora
とら 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16413
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-2225
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; 11.16414 is the left sheet (mistakenly photographed together, in reverse order).
Play: Irobyôshi Tsutaya no Shôhon
Theater: Tamagawa, Edo
色表紙蔦屋正本（いろびょうしつたやのしょうほん）
玉川
Play: Irobyôshi Tsutaya no Shôhon
Theater: Tamagawa, Edo
色表紙蔦屋正本（いろびょうしつたやのしょうほん）
玉川
Signed
Kuniyasu ga
国安画
国安画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.