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Actor Kawarazaki Sanshô (Gonjûrô I) as Chichibu Shigetada


「秩父重忠 河原崎三升」(初代河原崎権十郎)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41608
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dargon 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印:辰十改
彫師:彫卯多
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.