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Actor Bandô Takesaburô I as the Clerk (Tedai) Seishichi, from the series Seven Flourishing Plants on Lanterns for Summer Evenings (Suzumi chôchin sakari no nanakusa)


「涼調珍盛の七草 手代清七」 初代坂東竹三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 23.9 cm (13 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29739
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29739, 11.43167

The actor did play this part, but not until the 11th month of the year; so this design must be an imagined role (mitate).
嘉永5年11月中村座「廂春茲光秀」二番目「恋花章梅かしく」で、<1>坂東竹三郎は手代清七役を上演。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:福、村松、子六
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.