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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Gaku no Kosan, from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)


「梨園侠客伝 額の小さん 岩井くめ三」 (三代目岩井粂三郎)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42886
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥八改
彫師: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.