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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII in two roles: Tamonten for the Eleventh Month and a Kagura Dancer for the Twelfth Month, in a Dance of the Twelve Months (Jûnikagetsu shosa)


「十二ヶ月所作 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「十一月」(多聞天)、「十二月」(神楽唄)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Noda Shichibei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13704
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Manete Mimasu Shiki no Wazaogi (OR Nazoraete mimasu...)
Play (main feature): Matazoro Shôroku Osakabe-banashi
Theater: Ichimura
擬三升四季俳優(まねてみますしきのわざおぎ)
復再松緑刑部話(またぞろしょうろくおさかべばなし)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Iwatoya Kisaburô
改印:岩戸
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.