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Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as ... Baemon


「 馬右衛門 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24982
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAcc. to Marks, "Waka" seal used 1811.10, 1812.11 (but Utaemon returned to Osaka after 1812.9).

Theater: Nakamura
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Waka (Wakasaya Yoichi)
改印:極、若
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.