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「当世五人男 四 極印せん右衛門 はんとう[秀佳]」（四代目坂東三津五郎)
Actor Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Gokuin Sen'emon, No. 4 from the series Five Manly Men of the Present Day (Tôsei gonin otoko)
「当世五人男 四 極印せん右衛門 はんとう[秀佳]」（四代目坂東三津五郎)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838 (Tenpô 9) ?
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 23.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42171
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shindo, Gototei Kunisada yakusha-e no sekai (1993), p. 92
Description「四」とあり。
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
Inscriptions「四」とあり。
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.