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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Hakoômaru, from the series Great Swords of Kabuki Collected (Kabuki meitô soroi)


「戯場銘刀揃 箱王丸 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.9 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42652
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Gengyo (background)
応需喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印:酉十二改
彫師:彫工松島政吉
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.