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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ichizô III


三代目市川市蔵 (死絵)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamamura Kinzaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban;36.3 x 25.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38772
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17357, *11.38772 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu
梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:丑三改
彫師:彫長
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.