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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)
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
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
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
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
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.