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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Shurômori Ton'nen


「鐘楼守頓念」四代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 40.3 x 27.8 cm (15 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39058
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shiranui Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
しらぬひ譚(しらぬいものがたり)
河原崎
1853、嘉永06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Ox 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、丑四
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.