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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Kudô Suketsune (R) and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorô (L)


初代中村仲蔵の工藤祐経  二代目市川門之助の曽我五郎
Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.7 x 29.6 cm (12 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18464-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18464 (right), 11.18465 (left); virtual record: 11.18464-5

Play: Nanakusa Yasooi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我(ななくさよそおいそが)
中村
Signed Shunjô ga (on each sheet)
春常画
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.