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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Soga Gorô Tokimune, from the series Mirror of Valor, Ancient and Modern (Konjaku chûkô kagami)


「今昔忠孝家賀見 曽我五郎時宗」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.8 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43671
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kumite Mimasu Soga no Hatsuyume
Theater: Nakamura
綬三升曽我初夢(くみてみますそがのはつゆめ)
中村

「今昔忠孝家賀見」シリーズは、弘化4年正月の演目を題材とするヵ。
Signed Ôju Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
応需 一陽斎豊国画(年玉印)
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師:なし
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.