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Susaki: (Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as) Yazama Jûtarô, from the series Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto ryûkô sanjûroku kaiseki)


「東都流行三十六会席 洲崎 矢間重太郎」 八代市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36622
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28847, 11.36622

Play: Chûkô Kanagaki Kôshaku
Theater: Kawarazaki
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main image); Yoshitori ga (background)
一勇斎国芳画、よしとり画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子十二
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: January 19, 2005)

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.