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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Osaraba Kozô Denji, from the series Toyokuni's Caricature Pictures (Toyokuni manga zue)


「豊国漫画図絵 おさらば小僧伝次」 十三代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.6 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42407
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Fujisawa Akane, "Toyokuni to Mokuami...," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 154 (2007), p. 65, fig. 16; another print in the series: Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #46
Description見立
Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申九改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.