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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Katanaya Hanshichi


「刀屋半七」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 24.3 cm (13 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40845
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych, with 11.40844 as left sheet?

Play: Kohada no Kaii Ame mo Furunuma
Theater: Ichimura
小幡怪異雨古沼(こはだのかいいあめもふるぬま)
市村
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未六改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.