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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi no Asahina


「小林の朝比奈 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22447
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Wakana Harutsuge Soga
Theater: Ichimura
初松鴬曽我(はつわかなはるつげそが)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsumuraya Saburôbei
改印:極、津三
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.