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二代市川門之助の曽我五郎、二代市川八百蔵の曽我十郎
Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga Gorô and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Soga Jûrô
二代市川門之助の曽我五郎、二代市川八百蔵の曽我十郎
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 30 x 27.7 cm (11 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18549-50
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #66; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #260 (complete triptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), pls. 239-41
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.18549 (left), 11.18550 (right); virtual record: 11.18549-50
Right sheet of triptych: 21.4710
Play: Haru wa Soga Akebono-zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
春曽我曙草紙（はるのそがあけぼのぞうし）
中村
Right sheet of triptych: 21.4710
Play: Haru wa Soga Akebono-zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
春曽我曙草紙（はるのそがあけぼのぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga (on each sheet)
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.