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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Samezaya Shiroza, No. 4 from an untitled set of ten


「鮫ざや四郎三 河原崎権十郎」(初代) 「四」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40599
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #96 (complete set of ten)
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:丑四改
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.