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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Wetnurse (Menoto) Otsuji


「乳母おつち 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 26.3 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39856
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21895, 11.39856

Play (interval): Tsujigahana Rishô no Shidodera
Play (main feature): Sato Tsubame Sugata no Inazuma
Theater: Nakamura
辻帷利生志度☆(つじがはなりしょうのしどでら)、1番目・2番目の間へ差加
花街燕比貌稲妻(さとつばめすがたのいなずま)
中村
元治01 (1864)・04・
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:子四改
彫師:片田彫長
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.