Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Akagihara Genkichi, from the series Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil (Zen'aku kijin kagami)
「善悪奇人鏡 赤木原源吉」（四代目市村家橘）
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 7th month (?)
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900), Blockcutter Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyu II (2010), #103
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.44442
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Markings
Censor's seal: Dragon 7 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu tô
改印：辰七改ヵ
彫師：上邑彫安刀
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection