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頼朝ヵ 「（小）川吉太郎」（三代目）
Actor Ogawa Kichitarō III as Yoritomo (?)
頼朝ヵ 「（小）川吉太郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ōban); 15.7 x 11.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second part, finale, jōruri): Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen (?)
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Onga no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
色和倭院宣（ぬれやつしかなのいんぜん）
御摂恩賀仙（ごひいきおんがのしまだい）
中村 、一番目三建目
文化０５ ( 1808)・11・01
Ogawa Kichitarō III was a Kamigata actor who played in Edo in 1808-9 and again in 1839-early 1840s.
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Onga no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
色和倭院宣（ぬれやつしかなのいんぜん）
御摂恩賀仙（ごひいきおんがのしまだい）
中村 、一番目三建目
文化０５ ( 1808)・11・01
Ogawa Kichitarō III was a Kamigata actor who played in Edo in 1808-9 and again in 1839-early 1840s.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
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.