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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Ôiso no Tora and Iwai Matsunosuke II as Kewaizaka no Shôshô, formerly Komurasaki


「大磯のとら 岩井紫若」(初代)、「粧坂のせう/\ 岩井松之助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39340
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 1): Iro Jôgo Tora no Makijita
Play (main feature): Waka Ebisu Soga no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
色上戸虎の巻話(いろじょうごとらのまきじた) 常磐津
若市神曽我☆湊(わかえびすそがのみなと)
中村、一番目大切
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.