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Actor Sawamura Sojûrô I

Actor Sawamura Sojûrô I

(Japanese, active about 1724–1735)
about 1734 (Kyôhô 19)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
DimensionsHosoban; 31.4 x 15 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19183
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Girl from the Chrysanthemum Sake Store (Kikuzakaya musume)
Girl from the Chrysanthemum Sake Store (Kikuzakaya musume)
Nishimura Shigenobu
about late 1730s
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô as Asaina (Asahina)
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô as Asaina (Asahina)
Nishimura Shigenobu
about 1733 (Kyôhô 18)
A Fashionable Yamato Picture Master (Fûryû Yamato eshi)
A Fashionable Yamato Picture Master (Fûryû Yamato eshi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1720s
A Floating World Clock as the Bell of Muken (Ukiyo tokei Muken no kane)
A Floating World Clock as the Bell of Muken (Ukiyo tokei Muken no kane)
Nishimura Shigenaga
early 1740s
Peacock Displaying His Plumage
Peacock Displaying His Plumage
Nishimura Shigenaga
Procession of a Daimyô at Takanawa (Go daimyô gyôretsu Takanawa no fûkei)
Procession of a Daimyô at Takanawa (Go daimyô gyôretsu Takanawa no fûkei)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1745
The Tale of Genji: The Paulownia Court (Genji Kiritsubo), no. 1 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Paulownia Court (Genji Kiritsubo), no. 1 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: A Rack of Cloud (Genji Usugumo), no. 19 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: A Rack of Cloud (Genji Usugumo), no. 19 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: Heartvine (Genji Aoi), no. 9 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: Heartvine (Genji Aoi), no. 9 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Shell of the Locust (Genji Utsusemi), no. 3 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Shell of the Locust (Genji Utsusemi), no. 3 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Broom Tree (Genji Hahakigi), no. 2 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Broom Tree (Genji Hahakigi), no. 2 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)
The Tale of Genji: The Wind in the Pines (Genji Matsukaze), no. 18 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
The Tale of Genji: The Wind in the Pines (Genji Matsukaze), no. 18 from the series Genji in Fifty-Four Sheets (Genji gojûyonmai no uchi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
about 1735 (Kyôhô 20)