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A Fan of Bandô Mitsugorô V, from the series Comparison of the Fans of Current Actors (Tôsei haiyû hiiki kurabe)


「当世俳優贔屓競」 五代目坂東三津五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–21 (Bunsei 1–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26.2 cm (15 3/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42347
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-15
Signed Konomi ni makase Gototei Kunisada ga
任好五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.