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Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Tenjiku Tokubei


「天ぢく徳兵衛 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1824 (Bunsei 7), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39346
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly a triptych: 11.39346 (left), 11.39392 (center), 11.39393 (right); no VR

Play: Oto ni Kiku Ichô no Kusemono
Theater: Nakamura
音菊高麗恋(おとにきくいちょうのくせもの)
中村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.