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五代目市川海老蔵（七代目市川団十郎）
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII)
五代目市川海老蔵（七代目市川団十郎）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 12.4 cm (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2700
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe poem mentions "ne no toshi" (Year of the Rat), suggesting 1804; Danjûrô, born in 1791, would have been 13 (by the Western count) that year. He did not take the Danjûrô name officially until 1807 but had been the designated heir since 1800.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Inscriptions「試書 梅こよみ庭のきのへにうくいすの そのねのとしの春やつくらん 薮風」
「しばらくおまちくださりま小 初午や釈迦の誕生 加茂 くらべ馬 七夕まつり 住吉 舛の市川」
「しばらくおまちくださりま小 初午や釈迦の誕生 加茂 くらべ馬 七夕まつり 住吉 舛の市川」
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)