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「俳優白波当立者（いざしらなみあたりごうけつ） 雲霧仁左衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series Actors in Hit Plays as Heroes of the Underworld (Iza shiranami atari gôketsu)
「俳優白波当立者（いざしらなみあたりごうけつ） 雲霧仁左衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 25 cm (14 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40494
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints from the series: Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), #s 39-40
DescriptionCensor's seal is mirror-image reversed.
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 5 aratame (mirror-image reversed)
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子五改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子五改
彫師：片田彫長
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.
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.