Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Kinokuni Bunzô (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Kinokuni Bunzô (?)

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Kinokuni Bunzô (?)

三代目沢村宗十郎の紀の国文蔵ヵ

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Publisher: Iseya Magobei (Iseson, Isemago) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1797 (Kansei 9), 1st month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.8 x 24.7 cm (13 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7021

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #1.043

DescriptionPlay: Sato Kotoba Awase Kagami (?)
Theater: Kiri (?)

Signed Kunimasa ga
国政画

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.