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Actor Ichikawa Komazô V as Sakunai, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「作内 市川高麗蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26.3 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Mukashigatari Uguisu-zuka
Theater: Kawarazaki
昔語黄鳥墳(むかしがたりうぐいすづか)
河原崎
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「夕鯵や神輿のわたるいあ★★繻子 高」
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.