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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III (?) as Danshichi Okaji


「(団)しちお梶」 三代目沢村田之助ヵ
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 × 24.2 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41210
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych or triptych.
Signed Yoshiiku hitsu
芳幾筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:卯七改
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.