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Memorial Portrait of Actor Seki Sanjûrô II


「[行年五十四才] 関三十郎 筑地地中法重寺 [天]保十己亥九月廿八日 釈歌山是証信士」 二代目関三十郎 (死絵)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 9th month, 28th day

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40163
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description[画題等]裁断部分は演博114-0193で補う。
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.