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Actor Sawamura Chojûrô V with Cutout Costumes for Eight Roles: Yorikane, Jûrô, Ume no Yoshibei, Kan Shôjô, Yuranosuke, Iwafuji, Kiichi, Karukaya


五代目沢村長十郎 「より兼」「十郎」「梅の由兵衛」「かんしやう/"\」「由良之介」「岩ふぢ」「鬼一」「かるかや」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40144
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga
應需豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師: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.