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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (R, C) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Soga Gorô Tokimune (L)


「曽我十郎祐成 板東彦三郎」(五代目) 「曽我五郎時宗 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical oban triptych; 37.8 × 74.6 cm (14 7/8 × 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21440-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.21440 (left), 11.21441 (center), 11.21442 (right)

Play: Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
昔噺誉曽我(むかしばなしほまれそが )
中村
1864、文久04、02・15
Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印:子四改
彫師:上邑彫安
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.