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「松王丸・本蔵是近江の小藤太成家 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「桜丸・定九郎是を曽我の五郎時宗 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V, also playing Matsuômaru and Honzô, as Ômi no Kotôda Nariie (R) and Iwai Hanshirô VI, also playing Sakuramaru and Sadakurô, as Soga no Gorô Tokimune (L)
「松王丸・本蔵是近江の小藤太成家 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「桜丸・定九郎是を曽我の五郎時宗 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 49.7 cm (14 7/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38338a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Sugawara-ryû Kanagaki Soga
Theater: Morita
菅原流国字曽我（すがわらりゅうかながきそが）
森田
Theater: Morita
菅原流国字曽我（すがわらりゅうかながきそが）
森田
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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: January 19, 2005)
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.