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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri)

Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri)

(Japanese, died 1866)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.2 x 23.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36246
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: January 19, 2005)

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.
Cotton Transport Ships Racing to Edo Set Sail from the Mouth of the River (Higaki shinmen bansen kawaguchi shuppan no zu)
Cotton Transport Ships Racing to Edo Set Sail from the Mouth of the River (Higaki shinmen bansen kawaguchi shuppan no zu)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
about 1854–59 (Ansei era)
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V, from Edo (Edo nobori), Greeting the Audience (Habakarinagara kôjô)
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V, from Edo (Edo nobori), Greeting the Audience (Habakarinagara kôjô)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1858 (Ansei 5), 1st month
Actors as Characters in a Soga Play, Representing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Ship: Nakamura Tomozô as Usami no Saburô, Representing Jurôjin (or Fukurokuju); Nakayama Nanshi II as Ôiso no Tora, Representing Benten; Onoe Tamizô II as Kobayashi no Asahina, Representing Hotei; Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV as Kudô Suketsune, Representing Bishamonten; Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga no Gorô, Representing Daikoku; Ichikawa Ichizô III as Kugami no Saburô, Representing Fukurokuju (or Jurôjin); Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Soga no Jûrô, Representing Ebisu
Actors as Characters in a Soga Play, Representing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Ship: Nakamura Tomozô as Usami no Saburô, Representing Jurôjin (or Fukurokuju); Nakayama Nanshi II as Ôiso no Tora, Representing Benten; Onoe Tamizô II as Kobayashi no Asahina, Representing Hotei; Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV as Kudô Suketsune, Representing Bishamonten; Ichikawa Ebizô V as Soga no Gorô, Representing Daikoku; Ichikawa Ichizô III as Kugami no Saburô, Representing Fukurokuju (or Jurôjin); Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Soga no Jûrô, Representing Ebisu
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month
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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kanja Yoshitaka (R) and Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV as Takegawa Tadamasa (L), in Keisei Chôja Tsuribune
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Actor Mimasu Daigorô IV as Kajiwara Kagetoki in Kôbai Tazuna
Actor Mimasu Daigorô IV as Kajiwara Kagetoki in Kôbai Tazuna
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Actor Arashi Rikan III as the Ghost of Shirasago (Shirasago no rei)
Actor Arashi Rikan III as the Ghost of Shirasago (Shirasago no rei)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1856 (Ansei 3), 9th month
Nishimidô, from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Nishimidô, from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Cedar Hill, South of the Castle (Jônan Sugiyama), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Cedar Hill, South of the Castle (Jônan Sugiyama), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Ote Gate of the Castle (Oshiro Ote), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Ote Gate of the Castle (Oshiro Ote), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Osaka (Kokkei Naniwa meisho)
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
about 1848–54 (Kaei era)
Memorial Portrait of Actor Mimasu Inemaru I as Omiwa
Memorial Portrait of Actor Mimasu Inemaru I as Omiwa
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Birds (Tori), from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu uchi): Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as Osato, Nakamura Tomozô as Yatarô (?) (R), and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Dôza (L), in the play Nami Nori Soga
Gansuitei Yoshitoyo
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month
The Great Elephant from India (Tenjiku watari dai zô no zu)
The Great Elephant from India (Tenjiku watari dai zô no zu)
Utagawa Yoshitoyo
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month