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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III (?)


三代目尾上菊五郎ヵ
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1830s (early Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40164
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「やさすかたかはるかつらの百日も水狂言はまれな大入 六朶園」
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.