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五代目岩井半四郎
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, cut from one sheet of an untitled series showing actors in six roles each
五代目岩井半四郎
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808 (Bunka 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
11.8 x 11.4 cm (4 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuwana City Mus., Shodai Utagawa Toyokuni yakusha-e ten (2002), #56 (intact sheet)
DescriptionFrom the same sheet: 11.25754 (TL), 11.25755 (CR),11.25756 (BR), 11.25757 (CL),11.25758 (BL), 11.25759 (TR)
Signed
(this picture unsigned)
無款
無款
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.
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.