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Actor Segawa Michinosuke II as Chongare Omichi, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「ちょんかれおみち 瀬川路之助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 11th 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 Number11.39494
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39493, 11.39494, 11.45289

Play: Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Nachiguro
Theater: Nakamura
碁盤忠信雪黒石(ごばんただのぶゆきのなちぐろ)
中村
1832、天保03、11・27
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「胴かけもしめる早や土用前 路暁」
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.