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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III in an Imagined Role as the Nun Seigen (Mitate Seigen-ni)


「見立清玄尼 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), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45451
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shiro Kurenai Sakura no Goso-zome
Theater: Nakamura
源平盛桜柳営染(しろくれないさくらのごしょぞめ)
中村
Signed Nanajû hassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印:亥三改
彫師:上邑彫安
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.