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「十郎すけ也 三枡源之助」（初代）
Actor Mimasu Gennosuke I as Jûrô Sukenari
「十郎すけ也 三枡源之助」（初代）
Utagawa Kunimune II (Kunimasa II) (Japanese, 1792–1857)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 25.7 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25895
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #4.2; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #230 (diptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych (or possibly center sheet of a triptych).
Play: Hana ni Tori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Nakamura
花鳥魁曽我（はなにとりさきがけそが）
中村
Play: Hana ni Tori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Nakamura
花鳥魁曽我（はなにとりさきがけそが）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunimasa ga
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.