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Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Kaidômaru


怪童丸 「岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Hachi (1) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1805 (Bunka 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.7 x 12.3 cm (7 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25255
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionForms a pair with 11.23039.

Play (finale of Part 2): Haha Sodachi Yukima no Uguisu
Play (main feature): Seiwa Genji Nidai no Yumitori
Theater: Nakamura
Date of production: 1805 (Bunka 2), 11th month
母育雪間鴬(ははそだちゆきまのうぐいす)
清和源氏二代将(せいわげんじにだいのゆみとり)
中村、二番目大切
文化02(1805)・ 11・01
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.