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Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Funagimi Komatsu


「船君小松 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 × 24.5 cm (14 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40045
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.22850-1 (complete diptych), 11.40045 (left sheet only)
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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: 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.