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Actor Yamatoya (Bandô Mitsugorô III ?) at a Party


酒宴に三代目坂東三津五郎ヵ
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16190
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych?
Signed Ôju Sadafusa ga
応需貞房画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.