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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Shibata Katsuie, No. 1 from the series Theater News (Rien jôhô)


「梨園情報 一」 「柴田勝家 市川団十郎」(九代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Oyama Hangorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1876 (Meiji 9), August 30

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 25.3 × 24.2 cm (9 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40493
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Marks Round censor's seal with date
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hei
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.