Minakuchi: Actor Ichikawa Kuzô II as Takebe Genzô, from the series The Tôkaidô Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryô (Tôkaidô hitome senryô)
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Signed

Kunichika hitsu (figure); Tôkaidô Hiroshige (background)



国周筆、東海道広重

Marks

Censor's seal: Hare 3 aratame

Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô



卯三改

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: 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Minakuchi: Actor Ichikawa Kuzô II as Takebe Genzô, from the series The Tôkaidô Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryô (Tôkaidô hitome senryô)

  • 「東海道一ト眼千両　水口　武部源蔵」二代目市川九蔵
Dimensions
Vertical ôban
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Classification
Prints
Type
Ukiyo-e print; kabuki; fûkei-ga (landscape/cityscape)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0438
Accession Number
11.40554
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