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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII in the Sparrow Dance (Suzume odori), from the series Dance of the Four Seasons, a Great Hit (Shiki shosagoto no uchi, ôatari)


「大当 四季所作事の内」 雀踊 「市むら羽左衛門」(十二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42868
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Na ni Tachibana Hana no Edaburi
Scene: Suzume Odori Kokoro no Wakatake
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Ichimura
名橘花枝振(なにたちばなはなのえだぶり) 清元
雀踊心の若竹(すずめおどりこころのわかたけ)
一谷嫩軍記(いちのたにふたばぐんき)
市村、二番目大切
1834、天保05、05・07
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
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.