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「尺八初音宝船（しゃくはちはつねのたからぶね） そがのはこわう 市川升五郎」
Actor Ichikawa Masugorô as Soga no Hakoô in Shakuhachi Hatsune no Takarabune
「尺八初音宝船（しゃくはちはつねのたからぶね） そがのはこわう 市川升五郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1735 (Kyôhô 20), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.6 x 14.5 cm (12 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19178
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1729
DescriptionPlay (Jôruri): Shakuhachi Hatsune no Takarabune
Play (main feature): Furiwakegami Hatsugai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
尺八初音宝船（しゃくはちはつねのたからぶね）
振分髪初買曽我（ふりわけがみはつがいそが）
市村
Play (main feature): Furiwakegami Hatsugai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
尺八初音宝船（しゃくはちはつねのたからぶね）
振分髪初買曽我（ふりわけがみはつがいそが）
市村
Signed
Ukiyo-e ryû kongen Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
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.