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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Ume no Yoshibei, with an inset of a mirror showing his father Sawamura Sôjûrô III


初代沢村源之助の梅の由兵衛、(鏡に)三代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi
Theater: Nakamura
隅田春妓女容性(すだのはるげいしゃかたぎ)
中村
Signed Toyokuni gasen (picture and inscription by Toyokuni)
豊国画讃
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.