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Actor Segawa Kikunojô V, from an untitled series of bust portraits with printed "brocade" borders


五代目瀬川菊之丞
Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) (Japanese, about 1802–1835)
Publisher: Echizen'ya Kihei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828–30 (Bunsei 11–Tenpô 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38714
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo prints from the series: 11.38713, 11.38714
Another print in the series: Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #160 (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII)
Five prints from the series, including 11.38714 but not 11.38713: Art Shop Ezoshi (Kyoto), Ukiyoe New Collection News, vol. 58 (2018.4), #s 27-31
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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.