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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Yûgiri of the Ôgiya


「扇屋夕ぎり 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24 cm (13 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40899
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionForms a pair with 11.40900.

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Teniha Okae Kuruwa Bunshô
Play (main feature): Konoshitakage Hazama Gassen
Theater: Nakamura
翻詞廓文章(てにはをかえくるわぶんしょう) 清元、竹本
木下蔭狭間合戦(このしたかげはざまかっせん)
中村、二番目大切
1863、文久03
Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Uemura Yasugorô
改印:亥九改
彫師:彫工上邑安五郎
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.