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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ôwashi Bungo


「大鷲文吾」 初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15091
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shimazaki, Edo Kabuki in Transition (2016), fig. 2.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15091, 11.29355

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura, Act 11
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)、十一段目
市村
1859、安政06、10・10
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未十一改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.