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Actor Kawarazaki Sanshô (Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I) as Takenuki Jinza


「竹抜甚三 河原崎三升」(初代河原崎権十郎)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.3 cm (14 5/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39867
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39867 (left sheet only), 11.41632a-b (complete diptych)
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌三改
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.