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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kyô Kon'ya Tokubei


「京紺や徳兵衛 坂東三津五郎」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Maru-Zen (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25361
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (main feature): Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Play (Jôruri): Michiyuki Hatsu Hototogisu
Theater: Ichimura
伊達競阿国戯場[だてくらべおくにかぶき] 後日狂言新狂言、2番目大詰 3幕
浄瑠理 道行初時鳥(みちゆきはつほととぎす)、2番目大切、常磐津
市村
1808、戊辰、文化05、04・09
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.