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Actors Sawamura Sojûrô V as Karukaya Dôshin


「苅萱(かるかや)来門(どうしん)」五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.6 cm (14 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38293
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto
Theater: Karawazaki
増補筑紫☆(ぞうほつくしのいえづと)
河原崎
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.