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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Takemon no Toramatsu


「竹門の虎松 市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40338
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sandai Banashi Kôza no Shinsaku
Play (main feature): Chô Chidori Suma no Kumiuchi
Theater: Ichimura
三題咄高座新作(さんだいばなしこうざのしんさく)
蝶千鳥須磨組討(ちょうちどりすまのくみうち)
市村、二番目
1863、文久03
Signed Kiô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:亥正改
彫師:松島彫政
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.