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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Ôiso no Tora (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Kudô Suketsune (CR), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Gorô Tokimune (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Jurô Sukenari (CL), and Iwai Tojaku I as Kewaizaka no Shôshô (L)


「大磯のとら 岩井紫若」 (初代)  「工藤祐経 沢村訥升」(初代)  「五郎時宗 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「十郎祐成 市川団十郎」(八代目)  「粧坂のせう/\ 岩井杜若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 35 x 115.8 cm (13 3/4 x 45 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42167a-e
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-795 to 100-799
DescriptionPlay: Koi-zumô Yawaragi Soga
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋相撲和合曽我(こいずもうやわらぎそが)
河原崎
1841、天保12、01・15
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
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.