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Actor San'en (Ichikawa Kuzô III as Asahina), from the series Assortment of Fine Brands of Sake, Good for the Health (Hyakuyaku chôju meishû soroe)


「百薬長寿名酒揃 三猿」 三代目市川九蔵の朝比奈
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shôfûdô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 24 cm (14 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40527
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-2571
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39864, 11.40527
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:寅十二改
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.