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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tsubone Iwafuji


「局岩ふじ」 初代河原崎権十郎
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 24.5 cm (14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41590
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

Play: Gohiiki Soga Ichiza Tehajime
Theater: Nakamura
御摂曽我一座魁(ごひいきそがいちざてはじめ)
中村
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:卯正改
彫師: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.