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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shirai Gonpachi, from the series Must-sees That Fans Have Been Waiting For (Gohiiki machikane hayaku mitai)


「御ひゐきまちかね 初役美多恵(はやくみたい) 白井権八 市村宇左衛門」(十三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.9 × 24.4 cm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38771
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印:戌五改
彫師:横川彫岩
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.