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The Jewel River of Ide (Ide no Tamagawa): Actor Sanshô (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII), from the series Pictures of Famous Faces (Meigan no ga/ Meigan no zu); Actors Representing the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)


六玉川 「井出玉川 三升 名顔之画」 (七代目市川団十郎)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1800s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 26.5 cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25413
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPrints from the same series: 11.25413, 11.30333
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.