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Actor Iwai Tojaku I as Karigane Bunshichi, from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)


「梨園侠客伝 かりがねふん七 岩井杜若」(初代)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42882
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûkyûsai Toyokuni hitsu
七十九歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印:子四改
彫師:彫太田多七
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.