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Actors Sawamura Sojûrô I as Minamoto no Yoritomo, Segawa Kikunojô I as Toyora no mae, and Sakakiyama Koshirô as Imagawa Nakaaki


源頼朝 「沢村宗十郎」(初代)、とよらの前 「瀬川菊之丞」(初代)、今川仲秋 「榊山小四郎」
Nishimura Shigenobu (Japanese, active about 1724–1735)
Publisher: Izutsuya Chûzaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1732 (Kyôhô 17), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 33 x 14.9 cm (13 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19159
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2044
DescriptionPlay: Yamato Kotoba Imagawa Jô
Theater: Nakamura
大和言葉今川状(やまとことばいまがわじょう)
中村
享保17.11
Signed Nishimura Shigenobu hitsu
西村重信筆
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.