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Actor Onoe Eizaburô I as Aratarô Sadamitsu


「荒太郎定光 尾上栄三郎」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808 (Bunka 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 12 x 11.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25281
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Iro Soyuru Nidai Genji
Theater: Ichimura
Opening date: 1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month
松二代源氏(いろそゆるにだいげんじ)
市村
文化05 (1808)・11・01
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
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.