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「真写月花の姿絵（まことのつきはなのすがたえ）」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V, from the series Portraits as True Likenesses in the Moonlight (Makoto no tsuki hana no sugata-e)
「真写月花の姿絵（まことのつきはなのすがたえ）」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 23.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a series of 38 sheets, including a title page, frontispiece, and 36 silhouette portraits.
Signed
Chôkarô Yoshiiku môsha
朝霞楼芳幾模写
朝霞楼芳幾模写
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：卯三改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：卯三改
彫師：彫巳の
InscriptionsPoem by the actor
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.