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Memorial Portrait of Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô IV


「沢村宗十郎」 (四代目沢村宗十郎の死絵)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 27.4 cm (15 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21943
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Okonomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga
御好ニ付豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.