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Memorial Portrait of Actor Iwai Tojaku I, with Iwai Kumesaburô III (?)


初代岩井杜若の死絵、三代目岩井粂三郎ヵ
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29717
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29717, 11.40158, 11.44687
<1>岩井杜若は弘化4年4月6日没。
Signed Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga
梓元ノ応需 豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.