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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô IV as the Otokodate Benkei Tazaemon, from the series Six Splendid Selections for the Plum Blossoms of Naniwa Bay (Rokkasen ume no Naniwazu)


「六佳選[梅ノ難波津 男伊達弁慶太左衛門 坂東[三津五郎]」(四代目坂東三津五郎)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43097
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「大坂角芝居春狂言」
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.