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Actor Ichikawa Omezô I as Soga Gorô


初代市川男女蔵の曽我五郎
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.3 cm (14 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13709
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #77; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2550
DescriptionPlay: Ômonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater: Ichimura
大紋日花街曽我(おおもんびくるわそが)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.