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「なる神勝之介 沢村宗十郎」（四代目）
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô IV as Wrestler Narukami Katsunosuke
「なる神勝之介 沢村宗十郎」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25351
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuwana City Mus., Shodai Utagawa Toyokuni yakusha-e ten (2002), #68
DescriptionPossibly a pair: 11.13622 (R), 11.25351 (L)
Play: Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
Theater: Ichimura
姿花江戸伊達染（すがたのはなあづまのだてぞめ）
市村
Play: Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
Theater: Ichimura
姿花江戸伊達染（すがたのはなあづまのだてぞめ）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Yamashiroya Tôemon
改印：極、山藤
改印：極、山藤
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.