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三代目市川市蔵 （死絵）
Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ichizô III
三代目市川市蔵 （死絵）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17357
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17357, *11.38772 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu
梅蝶楼国貞筆
梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：丑三改
彫師：彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：丑三改
彫師：彫長
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.