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「（小）川吉太郎」（三代目）
Actor Ogawa Kichitarô III as Yoritomo (?)
「（小）川吉太郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808 (Bunka 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 15.7 x 11.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOgawa Kichitarô III was a Kamigata actor who played in Edo in 1808-9 and again in 1839-early 1840s.
Possibly Yoritomo in Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen at the Nakamura theater.
Possibly Yoritomo in Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen at the Nakamura theater.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
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.
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.