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女駕籠かき 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as a Female Palanquin Carrier
女駕籠かき 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 10th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.9 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22507
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably the left sheet of an incomplete diptych; the right sheet should show Nakayama Tomisaburô I as the other female palanquin carrier.
Play (shosa): Modorikago (?)
Play (main feature): Edo Murasaki Sasuga Otokogi (?)
Theater: Morita (?)
戻駕籠（もどりかご）ヵ
江戸紫流石男気（えどむらさきさすがおとこぎ）ヵ
森田ヵ
Play (shosa): Modorikago (?)
Play (main feature): Edo Murasaki Sasuga Otokogi (?)
Theater: Morita (?)
戻駕籠（もどりかご）ヵ
江戸紫流石男気（えどむらさきさすがおとこぎ）ヵ
森田ヵ
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.