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御所の縁側に光氏の父（三代目沢村宗十郎）
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Mitsuuji's Father on the Palace Veranda
御所の縁側に光氏の父（三代目沢村宗十郎）
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 77.3 cm (14 9/16 x 30 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21543-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21543 (left), 11.21544 (center), 11.21545 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.21543-5, *11.29124-6 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29599-601, *11.45288a-c (deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.21543-5, *11.29124-6 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29599-601, *11.45288a-c (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
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: August 3, 1911)
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.