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Actor Seki Sanjūrō II as Rokurō Tomonaga


六郎友春 「関三十郎」 (二代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ōban); 16.2 x 11.4 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25253
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gohiiki Onga no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
御摂恩賀仙(ごひいきおんがのしまだい)
中村 、一番目三建目

Same actor in same role: 11.40027.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.