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Actor Segawa Rokô IV as Ninomiya


「二の宮 瀬川路考」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13671
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 001-0928
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Mitsu no Asa Yukashiki Kaobure
Play (main feature): Hatsuwakana Harutsuge Soga
Theater: Ichimura
上演場所:江戸・ 市村
興行名:初菘鴬曽我 はつわかなはるつげそが 場立:一番目五立目
所作題:三津朝床敷顔触 みつのあさゆかしきかおぶれ 音曲:常磐津
組解説:辻番付には相撲の河津俣野の人形を持つ浄瑠理「三津朝床敷顔触」の場面(年代記記載も同じ)だが、本図は採物が違う。
個別解説:裲襠に結綿紋、市松模様地に曽我の紋尽し模様。着付けには鵆。笠を持つ姿。
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.