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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III in His Hit Role in Dôjô-ji, from the series Present-day Collage Pictures for Battledores (Tôsei oshi-e hagoita)


「当世押絵羽子板 当り狂言ノ内 道成寺 瀬川菊之丞」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.9 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25952
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Gototei Kunisada ga
応需五渡亭国貞画
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: 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.