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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V in Shibaraku, from the series Traditions (Kichirei)


「吉例 暫 市川海老蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 26.1 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43128
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shindo, Gototei Kunisada yakusha-e no sekai (1993), p. 88
Description役者の舞台姿を描いた「舞台姿」シリーズと、日常図を描いた「千社詣」シリーズがあり、同じ役者が向かい合って対になる。(『五渡亭国貞』)
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.