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Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as Matsuômaru


「嵐吉三郎 松王丸」 (三代目嵐吉三郎)
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.3 x 18.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37887
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112
DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Naka
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)

Signed Kunikazu
国員
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.