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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Hanakatsumi Oroku


「花かつみお六 坂東三津五郎」(六代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.7 × 23.5 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41612
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takichi
改印:卯十改
彫師:彫工多吉
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.