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Actor Ichimura Kakitsu (Uzaemon XIII) as Ishidome Busuke, from the series Great Swords of Kabuki Collected (Kabuki meitô soroi)


「戯場銘刀揃 石留武介 市村家橘」(十三代目市村羽左衛門)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29204
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29204, 11.42658
Signed Ôju Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Gengyo (background)
応需喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印:戌正改
彫師:彫工松島政吉
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.