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「大炊之助 関三十郎」（二代目）
Actor Seki Sanjûrô II as Ôinosuke
「大炊之助 関三十郎」（二代目）
Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) (Japanese, about 1802–1835)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 26 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25403
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-0694 (this sheet, L); also 101-0693 (C) and 101-0692 (R)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych. Unidentified publisher's mark, Marks #U137.
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Ichimura
楼門五山桐（さんもんごさんのきり）
市村
天保０２ ( 1831)・03・
Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Ichimura
楼門五山桐（さんもんごさんのきり）
市村
天保０２ ( 1831)・03・
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.