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「雁金文七 岩井粂三郎」 （二代目）
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II as Karigane Bunshichi, an Imagined Role (Mitate)
「雁金文七 岩井粂三郎」 （二代目）
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 26.4 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16094
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-0154 (without the word Mitate)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
Play: Mon-zukushi Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
紋尽五人男（もんづくしごにんおとこ）
中村
Play: Mon-zukushi Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
紋尽五人男（もんづくしごにんおとこ）
中村
Signed
Kuniyasu ga
国安画
国安画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.
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.