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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Igami no Gonta, from the series Dashing Roles in New Plays (Shin butai isami no yakuwari)


「新舞台勇役割 いがみの権太」四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42849
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40341, 11.42849
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:申十改
彫師:彫竹
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.