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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Onigatake Dôemon, from an untitled series of actor portraits


「鬼ヶ嶽洞右衛門」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40176
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sekitori Nidai no Shôbuzuke
Play (main feature): Hachijin Shugo no Honjo
Theater: Nakamura
関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)
八陣守護城(はちじんしゅごのほんじょう)
中村、二番目
1861、文久01、09・23
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Gengyo sei (inset)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.