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「役者当世鏡」 「けわい坂の少／＼ 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II as Kewaizaka no Shôshô, from the series Modern Mirror of Actors (Yakusha tôsei kagami)
「役者当世鏡」 「けわい坂の少／＼ 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1823 (Bunsei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 25.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1878; Kuwana City Mus., Shodai Utagawa Toyokuni yakusha-e ten (2002), #116
DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Yume Soga Takara no Irifune
Theater: Morita
初夢曾我宝入船 （はつゆめそがたからのいりふね）
森田
Theater: Morita
初夢曾我宝入船 （はつゆめそがたからのいりふね）
森田
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga
応需豊国画
応需豊国画
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.