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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza, from an untitled pentaptych


「赤星十三 岩井粂三郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42235
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPentaptych: 11.42233-7 (no VR)

Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画(あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ)
市村
1862、文久02、03・01
Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:戌二改
彫師:松島彫政
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.