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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II, from the series Actor Rebuses (Yakusha hanjimono)


「役者はんじ物」 二代目沢村田之助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42324
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #87
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Yamaguchiya Tôbei
改印:極、山口
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.