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「厂金文七 沢村訥升」（初代）
Actors as the Five Manly Men (Gonin otoko): Sawamura Tosshô I as Karigane Bunshichi
「厂金文七 沢村訥升」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
before 1842 (Tenpô 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29531, 11.42152
From a set of five sheets that can be asembled into a pentaptych. MFA impressions of the complete set (order of sheets uncertain): 11.29528-32, 11.42150-4 (no virtual records).
From a set of five sheets that can be asembled into a pentaptych. MFA impressions of the complete set (order of sheets uncertain): 11.29528-32, 11.42150-4 (no virtual records).
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.