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Kagekiyo: Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kagekiyo and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as a Kamuro, from the series Kabuki Dances (Keigoto)


「景事 かげ清」 初代中村福助のかげ清、十三代目市村羽左衛門のかむろ
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42729
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29865, 11.42729

Play (shosa): Aki mo Mada Mebae no Nanakusa
Section of shosa: Kagekiyo
Play (main feature): Meiyo Jinsei Roku
Theater: Ichimura
秋初嫩七草(あきもまだめばえのななくさ) 常磐津、長唄
景清(かげきよ)
名誉仁政録(めいよじんせいろく)
市村
1852、嘉永05、07・09
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、子七、シタ売
彫師:なし
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.