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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Banzui Chôbei, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「幡ずゐ長兵衛 市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
before 1832 (Tenpô 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 26.3 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39518
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29757, 11.39518
文政10年12月河原崎座「花川戸三代男」で<7>市川団十郎は幡隨長兵衛役を勤める。
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「三升 疋にたらぬ男を御贔屓のかけせんすへてまつてくたさる」
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.