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Actor Ichikawa Beishô as Okabe Yazaburô Tadamitsu, from the series Butterflies and Plovers Kill Ten (Chô chidori jûban kiri)


「蝶千鳥十番切」「岡部弥三郎忠光」「市川米升」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40562
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:辰八改
彫師: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.