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「役者舞台之姿絵 まさつや」 三代目大谷鬼次の斧定九郎
Masatsuya (Actor Ôtani Oniji III as Ono Sadakurô), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
「役者舞台之姿絵 まさつや」 三代目大谷鬼次の斧定九郎
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 23.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25333
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Sharaku (2011), #222; Ukiyo-e shuka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 212, fig. 14; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 30, #14; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #99
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.