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Actor Ichikawa Sumizô III as Kenmotsu Tarô Nobutoshi, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「堅物太郎信後 市川寿美蔵」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.8 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29756
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29756, 11.39516

Play: Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto
Theater: Ichimura
増補筑紫☆(ぞうほつくしのいえづと)
市村
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「錦車 稲かける秋のさくらの枝迄も」
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.