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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kudô Suketsune in an Imaginary Confrontation Scene (Mitate taimen)


「見立対面 坂東三津五郎」 (三代目坂東三津五郎の工藤祐経)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13600
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Right sheet of triptych: Waseda db 001-0722
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
Imaginary performance (mitate).
Signed Okonomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga
御好ニ付豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.