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Actor Ichikawa Omezô I as Shôguntarô Yoshikado


「市川男女蔵」 (初代市川男女蔵の将軍太郎良門)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1805 (Bunka 2), 11th month OR 1806 (Bunka 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 22.4 cm (13 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22436
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Seiwa Genji Nidai no Yumitori
Theater: Nakamura
Date of production: 1805 (Bunka 2), 11th month
清和源氏二代将(せいわげんじにだいのゆみとり)
中村

Two prints with censor's seals of 1806.1, showing scenes from plays that opened in 1805.11: 11.13580, 11.22436.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, shô (i.e. first month)
改印:極、正
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.