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The Fifth Month (Gogatsu): Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as a Warrior Doll of Lord Masakiyo (Kabuto ningyô Masakiyo kô), from the series Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)


「十二月の内 五月 兜人形正清公 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunimaru (Japanese, 1793–1829)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16313
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16313, 11.36766

Play (hengemono): Shiki no Nagame Yosete no Mitsu Dai
Theater: Nakamura
四季詠寄三大字(しきのながめよせてみつだい) 長唄
其面影伊達写絵(そのおもかげだてのうつしえ)
中村、二番目大切
1813、文化10、03・07
Signed Keiuntei Kunimaru ga
経雲亭国丸画
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
版元:なし
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.