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Actor Sawamura Tosshô I as both Washi no Dan no Nôfu and Miyatogawa no Tsunauchi in the Dance of the Five Elements (Mokkadokonsui shosagoto no uchi)


「木火土金水所作事の内 鷲之段の農夫 宮戸川の網打 沢村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 23.6 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39330
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (five-part shosa, finale of Part 2): Hina Asobi Wagô no Aishô
Sections of shosa: Washi no Dan ni Narai Nôfu no Tsuchibashira, Miyatogawa ni Narai Amiuchi no Mizubashira
Play (main feature): Toki mo Yoshino Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
雛遊睦相生(ひなあそびわごうのあいしょう) 常磐津、義太夫、長唄
鷹の段に倣農夫の土柱、宮戸川に倣網打の水柱(わしのだんにならいのうふのつちばしら、みやとがわにならいあみうちのみずばしら)
時節吉野千本桜(ときもよしのせんぼんざくら)
中村、二番目大切
1840、天保11、03・09
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.