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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Ushiwakamaru and Sodesaki Miwano I as Jôruri-hime


初代市川門之助の牛若丸、初代袖崎三輪野の浄瑠璃姫
Okumura Toshinobu (Japanese, active about 1717–1750)
Publisher: Izutsuya San'emon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1727 (Kyôhô 12), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.1 x 13.8 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19104
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1958
DescriptionPlay: Nigiwai Kurama Genji
Theater: Nakamura
賑鞍馬源氏(にぎわいくらまげんじ)
中村
Signed Yamato Gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
大和画工 奥村利信筆
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.