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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Omatsuri Sashichi, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors


「お祭り佐七 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39497
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Iro Ichiza Soga Ôyose
Theater: Ichimura
色一座曽我大寄(いろいちざそがおおよせ)
市村
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「地祭の折も目出たき冬至かな 三代目梅幸」
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.