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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Otani in The Great Snowstorm at Okazaki (Okazaki no ôyuki)


「岡崎の大雪 お谷 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21887
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子五改
彫師: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.