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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Osugi, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「おすぎ 山下金作」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39490
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sono Mukashi Koi no Edozome
Theater: Kawarazaki
其往昔恋江戸染(そのむかしこいのえどぞめ)
河原崎、二番目

四代目山下金作は天保3年11月に河原崎座へ江戸下り。
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「事なれぬ薮鴬のなまりかな 三勝」
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.