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「石川五右衛門」「真柴久吉」五代目坂東彦三郎
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Mashiba Hisayoshi
「石川五右衛門」「真柴久吉」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 × 24.3 cm (14 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41321
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOne sheet of an incomplete polyptych. This sheet includes a label identifying the figure on the sheet to the right as Ishikawa Goemen.
Signed
Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：卯四改
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：卯四改
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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.