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「八百やお七 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Yaoya Oshichi
「八百やお七 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mainichi shinbunsha, Ukiyo-e daiten (exh. cat., 1969), #77
DescriptionForms a pair with 11.25347.
Play (second feature): Sono Mukashi Koi no Edozome
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Aratama Soga
Theater: Morita
其往昔恋江戸染（そのむかしこいのえどぞめ）
御贔屓新玉曽我（ごひいきあらたまそが）
森田
Play (second feature): Sono Mukashi Koi no Edozome
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Aratama Soga
Theater: Morita
其往昔恋江戸染（そのむかしこいのえどぞめ）
御贔屓新玉曽我（ごひいきあらたまそが）
森田
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.