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Actor Onoe Tamizô II in Various Roles, including Tenjiku Tokubei, Dainichimaru, Rokusaburô, and the Ghost (Shiryô) of Saichirô; with other actors including Nakayama Genjûrô I and Nakamura Tsuruzô I


二代目尾上多見蔵の天竺徳兵衛、大日丸、六三郎、佐市郎死霊ほか、初代中山現十郎、初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 7th 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 Number11.36738
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionSimilar to 11.36737, which shows the same actor in multiple roles in the same production; but the publisher is different, so the two prints are probably not from the same set.

Play: Tenjiku Tokubei Banri no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵衛万里船(てんじくとくべえばんりのいりふね)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.