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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Issun Tokubei, from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)


「梨園侠客伝 一寸徳兵衛」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42898
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印:亥九改
彫師:彫太田多七
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.