Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as Minamoto no Yorimitsu
「源の頼光 坂東三津五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 11th month
Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Publisher Kamaya Matabei (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26.2 cm (15 1/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.13683
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play: Shitennô Yagura no Ishizue
Theater: Ichimura
四天王櫓礎（してんのうやぐらのいしずえ）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Markings
No censor's seal
改印：なし
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection