Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Tatsunami Gorokichi
「立浪五郎吉」三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25 cm (14 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.42178
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.29537, 11.42178
From a set of five sheets that can be asembled into a pentaptych. MFA impressions of the complete set (order of sheets uncertain): 11.29537-41, 11.42174-8 (no virtual records).
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Markings
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳五
彫師：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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection