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Actors Segawa Rokô IV as Umegawa and Sawamura Gennosuke I as Chûbei, from the series Fans with Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai ôgi)


「役者舞台扇」「梅川 瀬川路考」(四代目)、「忠兵へ 沢村源之助」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22442
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-3238
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.