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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô III as Fujiwara no Nakamitsu


藤原仲光 「坂東彦三郎」(三代目)
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 16.5 x 10.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25733
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom the same sheet: 11.25693 (TR), 11.25717 (TL), 11.25733 (BL), and maybe 11.25702 (BR)

Play: Iro Soyuru Nidai Genji
Theater: Ichimura
松二代源氏(いろそゆるにだいげんじ)
市村
Signed Shuntei ga
春亭画
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.