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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Tengu Kozô, from Triptych of Actors Imagined in Boy Roles (Mitate kozô sanpukutsui)


「見立小僧三幅対 天狗小僧 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, 38.3 x 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.904
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:戌十一改
彫師:松島彫政
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)