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Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Takao IV, from the series Imaginary Portraits of Actors in the Role of Takao (Na ni Takao mitate sugata-e)


「名高尾見立姿絵 四代目 市川門之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban 36.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43666
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description代々の高尾を役者に寄せて紹介したもの。
Signed Ôju Toyokuni rô hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
応需 豊国老筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印: 亥十二改
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.