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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke II as Yoritomo


「よりとも 沢村源之助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.4 cm (14 5/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29050
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: *11.29050 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.43439a-c (complete)

Play: Wakazakari Heike Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
壮平家物語(わかざかりへいけものがたり)
市村、四建目
1806、文化03、11・05
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.