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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Wakatake Torazô


「若竹寅蔵」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.782
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.782, 11.29538, 11.42177

From a set of five sheets that can be asembled into a pentaptych. MFA impressions of the complete set (order of sheets uncertain): 11.29537-41, 11.42174-8 (no virtual records)
見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳五
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)