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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Dowager (Kôshitsu) Yuri no kata and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Concubine (Aishô) Hototogisu, from the series A Lineup of Top Stars (Atari yagura kanban-zoroi)


「当櫓看板揃」 「後室百合ノ方 市川小団次」(四代目)、「愛妾時鳥 市村家橘」(四代目)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban 36.9 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21888
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
Theater: Ichimura
曽我綉侠御所染(そがもようたてしのごしょぞめ)
市村
1864、甲子、文久04、02・15
Signed Nanajûkyû sai Toyokuni hitsu
七十九歳豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印:子二改
彫師:彫太田多七
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.