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Actor Arashi Sangoro II as the Hat Maker (Eboshi ori) Daitarô, actually Minamoto no Yoritomo


二代目嵐三五郎の烏帽子織大太郎実は源頼朝
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.8 x 13.3 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18487
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (Jôruri): Oyama Beniyuki no Sugao
Play (kaomise): Myôto-giku Izu no Kisewata
Theater: Ichimura
おやま紅雪素顔(おやまべにゆきのすがお)
女夫菊伊豆着綿(めおとぎくいづのきせわた)
市村
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.