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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Toneri Matsuômaru


「舎人松王丸」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29704
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych or triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.29704 (right sheet only), 11.43773a-b (diptych)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theaters: Nakamura and Ichimura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村と市村
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata, shita-uri
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:米良、村田、シタ売
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.