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「弁天子僧菊之助 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke
「弁天子僧菊之助 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Publisher: Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40752
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #36.4 (complete upright triptych)
DescriptionTop sheet of incomplete upright triptych.
Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Signed
Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Iwa
改印：戌三改
彫師：彫岩
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Iwa
改印：戌三改
彫師：彫岩
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.