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Midnight Moon (Yowa tsuki): Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nishino Kingorô, from the series Scenes in Moonlight (Mitate tsuki zukushi)


「見立月尽 夜半月 にしの金五郎」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 26 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43053
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22488, 11.43053, 11.45339, 11.45363
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳六
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.