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Great Dance of the Soga Festival (Soga matsuri ō-odori): Actors (right to left, top to bottom) (1) Ichikawa Danjūrō IV, Nakamura Utaemon I, Matsumoto Kōshirō III; (2) Nakamura Matsue I, Segawa Kikunojō II, Yoshizawa Goroichi I; (3) Ichikawa Yaozō II, Ichikawa Raizō I (?), Ichikawa Komazō II; (4) Arashi Hinaji, unidentified Segawa actor, Segawa Yūjirō I; (5) Nakamura Sukegorō II, Bandō Sanpachi I, Nakamura Nakazō I


「曽我まつり大おとり」 四代目市川団十郎、初代中村歌右衛門、三代目松本幸四郎 初代中村松江、二代目瀬川菊之丞、初代芳沢五郎市 二代目市川八百蔵、初代市川雷蔵ヵ、二代目市川高麗蔵 嵐雛治、瀬川の役者、初代瀬川勇次郎 二代目中村助五郎、初代坂東三八、初代中村仲蔵
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1760s–70s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.6 cm (12 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30410
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description
Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
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.