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「悪人次郎兵衛 市川小団次」（四代目）
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Bad Guy (Akunin) Jirobei
「悪人次郎兵衛 市川小団次」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41613
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-1828
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Play: Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi
Theater: Ichimura
月出村廿六夜諷（つきのでむらろくやのひとふし）
市村
Play: Tsuki no Demura Rokuya no Hitofushi
Theater: Ichimura
月出村廿六夜諷（つきのでむらろくやのひとふし）
市村
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子八改
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.
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.