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初代中山楯蔵のごくいんのお千
Actor Nakayama Tatezô I as Gokuin no Osen
初代中山楯蔵のごくいんのお千
Japanese
Edo period
1792 (Kansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.2 cm (11 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18870
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #542 (complete pentaptych); Gookin cat. #266
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18870 (left sheet only), 21.7152-4 (triptych)
Play: Wakamurasaki Edokko Soga (Part 2, added in 2nd month to play that opened in 1st month)
Theater: Ichimura
若紫江戸子曽我（わかむらさきえどっこそが）
市村
MFA impressions: 11.18870 (left sheet only), 21.7152-4 (triptych)
Play: Wakamurasaki Edokko Soga (Part 2, added in 2nd month to play that opened in 1st month)
Theater: Ichimura
若紫江戸子曽我（わかむらさきえどっこそが）
市村
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
春章画
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.