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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Sankatsu, from the series Comparisons of Vengeance by Men and by Women (Ada kurabe myôto awase)


「仇競女夫合 三かつ 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Daijirô (Hori Dai) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.9 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43613
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
七十八歳豊国筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Daijirô
改印:亥二改
彫師:彫大次郎
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.