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Actor Ichikawa Danzô IV, No. 8 from an untitled series


「市川団蔵」(四代目) 「八」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.8 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26872
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionIncomplete series or multi-sheet print:
11.26869 No. 1, Matsumoto Kôshirô V
11.26870 No. 2, Seki Sanjûrô II
11.26871 No. 7, Nakamura Matsue III
11.26872 No. 8, Ichikawa Danzô IV
11.26873 No. 9, Iwai Kumesaburô III

Waseda db 001-1122 is No. 4, Iwai Hanshirô V.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Iwatoya Kisaburô
改印:極、岩戸
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.