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Tennôbashi: Actor Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hiraoka Shirogorô, from the series Thirty-six Views in the Eastern Capital (Tôto sanjûrokkei no uchi)


「東都三十六景之内 天王ばし 平岡城五郎 市川九蔵」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16434
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16434, 11.39857
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:子十改
彫師:松島彫政
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.