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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô IV as Narukami Kajinosuke


鳴神梶之助 「沢村宗十郎」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Suzui (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 × 25.2 cm (14 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22510
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.22510 (right sheet only), 11.26716-7 (complete diptych)

Play: Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
Theater: Ichimura
姿花江戸伊達染(すがたのはなあづまのだてぞめ)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Iwatoya Kisaburô
改印:極、岩戸
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.