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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kezori Kuemon


「毛剃九右衛門 市川海老蔵」 (五代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 26.1 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21902
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #108; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #161; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #124; Suzuki 1992, #304
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
Play (main feature): Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊博多諷(こいのみなとはかたのひとふし)
祇園祭礼信仰記(ぎおんさいれいしんこうき)
中村、二番目
1840、天保11、08・04
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya
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.