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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Tatsunami Gorokichi


「立浪五郎吉」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 22.2 cm (14 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29537
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29537, 11.42178

From a set of five sheets that can be asembled into a pentaptych. MFA impressions of the complete set (order of sheets uncertain): 11.29537-41, 11.42174-8 (no virtual records).
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳五
彫師:なし
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.