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Actor Arashi Rikaku III (?) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane and an unidentified actor as Mukan Dayû Atsumori


「熊谷次郎直実」三代目嵐璃寛ヵ、「無官太夫あつ盛」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 23.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29996
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 006-0498
DescriptionMFA impressions:
First edition (1850): 11.29771, 11.29991, 11.40188
Second edition (1853), with different actors: 11.29992, 11.29996
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑五
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.