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Actors Ichikawa Raizô I as Gorô Tokimune, Ichikawa Raizô II as Mori no Ranmaru, and Ichikawa Raizô III as the Footman (Yakko) Namihei, from the series Complete Compendium of Portraits of Actors Old and New (Kokon haiyû nigao taizen)


古今俳優似顔大全 「古今俳優」「五郎時致 初代市川雷蔵」(初代市川雷蔵)、「森の蘭丸 二代目市川雷蔵」(二代目市川雷蔵)、「奴浪平 三代目市川雷蔵」(三代目市川雷蔵)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.1 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45392.32
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University, Zôho Kokon haiyû nigao taizen (1998), p. 46, #37
DescriptionAlbum in two volumes:
Vol. 1: 11.45392.1a-b - .47
Vol. 2: 11.45392.48 - .97
Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
七十八歳豊国筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥十改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions画中「初名市村玉柏ト云 二代目栢莚門ニ入市川雷蔵ト改 俳名栢車」(初代市川雷蔵)、「初代雷蔵ノ男 早世」(二代目市川雷蔵)、「五代目白猿門人 初名升蔵」(三代目市川雷蔵)
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.