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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)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
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
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)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
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
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.