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「工藤左衛門祐つね 沢村宗十郎」 （四代目）
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô IV as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
「工藤左衛門祐つね 沢村宗十郎」 （四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22449
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0664
DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Wakana Harutsuge Soga
Theater: Ichimura
初松鴬曽我（はつわかなはるつげそが）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
初松鴬曽我（はつわかなはるつげそが）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Iwa aratame (Iwatoya Kisaburô ?)
改印：極、岩改
改印：極、岩改
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.