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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as the Moxa Seller (Mogiuri) Gorobei, Actually (Jitsu wa) Akushibyôe Kagekiyo


「艾売五郎兵衛実ハ悪七兵衛景清 市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.7 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22459
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gohiiki-chô Soga no Tamamono
Theater: Kawarazaki
木挽町曽我賜物(ごひいきちょうそがのたまもの)
河原崎
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.