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Actors Ichikawa Omezô I, Onoe Matsusuke II (?), and Sawamura Gennosuke I


初代市川男女蔵、二代目尾上松助ヵ、初代沢村源之助
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamatoya Jûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1807 (Bunka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 24.7 cm (14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13783
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably the left sheet of an incomplete triptych, with 11.13782 as the right sheet.

Identification of publisher is not certain.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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.