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九代目市村宇左衛門の工藤祐経 二代目市川八百蔵の曽我五郎 二代目坂田半五郎の小林朝比奈
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kudô Suketsune (R), Ichikawa Yaozô II as Soga no Gorô (C), and Sakata Hangorô II as Kobayashi Asahina (L)
九代目市村宇左衛門の工藤祐経 二代目市川八百蔵の曽我五郎 二代目坂田半五郎の小林朝比奈
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 30 x 44.1 cm (11 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18950-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #67
DescriptionTriptych: 11.18950 (left), 11.18951 (right), 11.18952 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.18879 (center sheet only), 11.18950-2 (complete triptych)
Play: Sakae Soga Kagura no Taiko
Theater: Ichimura-za
栄曽我神楽太鼓（さかえそがかぐらのたいこ）
市村座
MFA impressions: 11.18879 (center sheet only), 11.18950-2 (complete triptych)
Play: Sakae Soga Kagura no Taiko
Theater: Ichimura-za
栄曽我神楽太鼓（さかえそがかぐらのたいこ）
市村座
Signed
Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
春章画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.