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Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Hiranoya Kôjirô


「平の屋幸次郎 沢村訥升」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (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 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44368
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Chô Chidori Suma no Kumiuchi
Theater: Ichimura
蝶千鳥須磨組討(ちょうちどりすまのくみうち)
市村
1863、文久03
Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 2 aratame (upside down)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥二改
彫師:なし
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.