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Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada


「畠山重忠 市川小団次」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 24.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41848
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych or triptych.
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:寅三改
彫師:彫栄
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.