Actor Seki Sanjûrô II as Gokkui Sen'emon
「こつくい千右衛門 関三十郎」 （二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 5th month
Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0799
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 27 cm (15 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.21529
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Four sheets of an incomplete pentaptych: 11.21526, 11.21527, 11.21528, 11.21529 (no VR because order is uncertain).
The other sheet: Waseda db 001-0611 (Bandô Mitsugorô III as An no Heibei).
Play (second feature): Shiire-zome Karigane Gomon
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection