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「佐藤忠のぶ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「文化五年辰 五月狂言」
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Satô Tadanobu in the Fifth Month Production of Dragon Year 1808 (Satô Tadanobu, Nakamura Utaemon, Bunka gonen tatsu, gogatsu kyûgen))
「佐藤忠のぶ 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「文化五年辰 五月狂言」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村
Signed
Edo Toyokuni hitsu
江戸豊国筆
江戸豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
No publisher's mark
改印：極
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：極
版元：なし
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.