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五人男 「安乃平兵衛」 二代目市川九蔵
Actor Ichikawa Kuzô II as An no Heibei, from an untitled pentaptych of the Five Manly Men (Gonin otoko)
五人男 「安乃平兵衛」 二代目市川九蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 25.3 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionComplete pentaptych: 11.45505-9 (no virtual record because order of sheets is uncertain)
Play: Koigoromo Karigane-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋衣雁金染（こいごろもかりがねぞめ）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、01・13
Play: Koigoromo Karigane-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋衣雁金染（こいごろもかりがねぞめ）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、01・13
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.
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.