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Kumezô (Poetry Name of Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III), from the series Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Shichikenjin no mitate, Tôsei ryûkô shichi enjin)


「竹林七賢の見立 当時流光七艶人 久女三」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43173
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kiô Toyokuni hitsu
喜翁 豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Fukagawa Hori Chô
改印:戌正改
彫師:深川彫長
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.