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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Igami no Gonta


「いがみのごん太 松本幸四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22478
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Ichimura
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Murataya Jirôbei
改印:極、邑二(村田屋治朗兵衛)
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.