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Actor Sawamura Shozan (Sawamura Tanosuke II) as Jurôjin, from the series Actors as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Yakusha shichifukujin)


「役者七福神 曙山」 (二代目沢村田之助の寿老人)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.4 cm (14 5/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25363
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.