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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza


「名古屋山三」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25098
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triyptych.

MFA impressions: *11.25098 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29224-6 (complete triyptych)

Play: Chiyo no Haru Tosa-e no Saya-ate
Theater: Ichimura
鶴春土佐画鞘当(ちよのはるとさえのさやあて)
市村
1861、文久01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:申十二改
彫師:彫竹
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.