Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Otokodate Mon no Kichibei, from the series Six Splendid Selections for the Plum Blossoms of Naniwa Bay (Rokkasen ume no Naniwazu)
「六佳選梅ノ難波津 男伊達紋の吉兵衛 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.43098
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Inscription
「大坂角芝居春狂言」
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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