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Actor Ichikawa Gonjûrô as Kumagai Naozane, Now Playing at the Hongô-Haruki Theater (Hongô Haruki-za ni oite kôgyô tsukawashi-sôrô)


「熊谷直実 市川権十郎 本郷春木座ニ於テ興行仕候」
Toyohara Chikaharu (Japanese, born in 1848, active 1870s–90s)
Publisher: Iseya Magobei (Iseson, Isemago) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1876 (Meiji 9), May 1

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.4 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36950
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description
Signed Gakô Toyohara Chikaharu (at upper left), Gakô Hasegawa Takejirô (at lower right)
画工豊原周春 画工長谷川竹二郎
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.