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「曾我五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Soga Gorô
「曾我五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35010
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #261
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35010, 11.35011; another design from the series: 11.35015
Play: Imayô Mitsu no Shishigashira
Theater: Kado
春陽三獅頭（いまようみつのししがしら）
角
Play: Imayô Mitsu no Shishigashira
Theater: Kado
春陽三獅頭（いまようみつのししがしら）
角
Signed
Gigadô Ashiyuki ga
戯画堂芦ゆき画
戯画堂芦ゆき画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.