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Actor Segawa Kikunojô V as Shôshô


少将 「 瀬川菊之丞」(五代目)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 26.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16414
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-2227
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; 11.16413 is the right sheet (mistakenly photographed together, in reverse order).

Play: Irobyôshi Tsutaya no Shôhon
Theater: Tamagawa, Edo
色表紙蔦屋正本(いろびょうしつたやのしょうほん)
玉川
Signed Kuniyasu ga
国安画
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.