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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Igami no Gonta


「いがみの権太」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 25.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39871
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-4467
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39781, 11.41685

Play: Ichinomori Kujira no Ôyose
Theater: Morita
一守九字成大漁(いちのもりくじらのおおよせ)
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:卯七改
彫師:彫栄
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.