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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shinzô Nakoso, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 新造名古曽」 三代目沢村田之助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40955
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hanano no Tsuki Utô Hitofushi
Theater: Nakamura
英皎うとふ一諷(はなののつきうとうひとふし)
中村
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未九改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「かん菊やふりなきまゝを日の恵み 曙山」
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.