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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II as Komurasaki


「小むらさき 沢村田之助」(二代目)
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 16.6 x 11.5 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25518
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Reigen Soga no Kamigaki
Theater: Ichimura
Opening date: 1809 (Bunka 6), 4th month
霊験曽我籬(れいげんそがのかみがき)
市村
文化06 (1809)・04・05 年月日
Signed Eizan hitsu
英山筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.