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Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Katagiri Saizô


「片桐才蔵 市川小団次」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 24.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22427
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sakura Sôshi Gonichi Bundan
Theater: Morita
桜荘子後日文談(さくらそうしごにちぶんだん)
守田
1861、文久01、08・01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印:酉八改
彫師:横川彫岩
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.