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Three Young People (Mitate Waka Sannin): Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Konezumi Chûji


見立若三人 「小鼠忠次 市村家橘」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kichinosuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 × 24.9 cm (14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21896
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo parts of a triptych: 11.16441, 11.21896
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Wakasa (?)
改印:寅八改
彫師:ホリ若狭ヵ
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.