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「由良之助ヲ伊豆屋の二郎 市川海老蔵」 （五代目）
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Izuya no Jirô Imitating Yuranosuke (Yuranosuke o Izuya no Jirô)
「由良之助ヲ伊豆屋の二郎 市川海老蔵」 （五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39363
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 002-1033
DescriptionThe upper left sheet of an incomplete, assymmetrical two-tier triptych showing a parody of the famous letter-reading scene in Chûshingura.
Play: 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
Play: 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
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions下図には<6>岩井半四郎がくるヵ。
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.