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A Dance of Seven Changes, Newly Published (Shichi henge, shinpan): Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kajiwara Genta


七変化しんはん 「かぢはら源太 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Cut from vertical ôban sheet; 12.1 x 11.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40036
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a sheet with six small images, published by Tsuruya Kinsuke.

MFA impressions: 11.15093 (intact sheet), 11.40028 (TR only), 11.40030 (BR only), 11.40031 (BL only), 11.40034 (CL only), 11.40036 (CR only), 11.40037 (TL only)

Play: Shichimai-tsuzuki Hana no Sugata-e
Theater: Ichimura
七枚続花の姿絵(しちまいつづきはなのすがたえ)
市村
Signed (this picture unsigned)
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.