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中村座辻番付 曽我祭、「似哉似菖蒲草摺（にたりやにたりあやめのくさずり）」
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for the Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) and the Play Nitari ya Nitari Ayame no Kusazuri at the Nakamura Theater
中村座辻番付 曽我祭、「似哉似菖蒲草摺（にたりやにたりあやめのくさずり）」
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e), ink on paper
Dimensions
29.9 x 39.3 cm (11 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27287
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Nitari ya Nitari Ayame no Kusazuri
Theater: Nakamura
The Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) was a custom of Edo theaters that celebrated the historical date of the revenge of the Soga brothers on the 28th day of the 5th month and marked the last performance of the Soga play that had been running since the beginning of the year.
1778、戊戌、安永０７、05・22
中村
似哉似菖蒲草摺 にたりやにたりあやめのくさずり
曽我祭 ［そがまつり］
「吉例之通曽我祭り興行仕」「曽我まつり六月九日迄」とあり。
Theater: Nakamura
The Soga Festival (Soga Matsuri) was a custom of Edo theaters that celebrated the historical date of the revenge of the Soga brothers on the 28th day of the 5th month and marked the last performance of the Soga play that had been running since the beginning of the year.
1778、戊戌、安永０７、05・22
中村
似哉似菖蒲草摺 にたりやにたりあやめのくさずり
曽我祭 ［そがまつり］
「吉例之通曽我祭り興行仕」「曽我まつり六月九日迄」とあり。
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無款
無款
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.