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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Actor Onoe Matsusuke II as Nikki Danjô


「仁木弾正 尾上松助」(二代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22383
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych; date seal on right sheet.

MFA impressions: 11.13599VR (11.13599, 11.13719; complete diptych), *11.22383 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)

Play: Sono Omokage Date no Utsushi-e
Theater: Nakamura
其面影伊達写絵(そのおもかげだてのうつしえ)
中村、七幕目
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.