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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Nagoya Sanza


三代目尾上菊五郎の名古屋山三
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.6 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line General Funds
Accession Number00.1951
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #42 (complete); Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #82 (C and L only); Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 154, pl. 41 (L only); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 319 (C only)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 00.1950 (left sheet only), 00.1951 (right sheet only), 11.26064-6

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)