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Actor Asao Kuzaemon I as Gotobei


「五斗兵衛 浅尾工左衛門」(初代)
Utagawa Kunihisa I (Japanese, active about 1801–1818)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 25.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22248
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22248, 11.22460

Play: Yoshitsune Koshigoejô
Theater: Ichimura
義経腰越状(よしつねこしごえじょう)
市村
Signed Toyokuni monjin Kunihisa ga
豊国門人国久画
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.