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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Menosuke (TR), Onoe Kikugorô III as Nikki (TL), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Mohei (CR), Bandô Shûka I as Takao (CL), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kanpei (BR), and an unidentified actor as Jûtarô (BL), from the series One Hundred Selected Portraits (Mitate hyakunin sô)


「見立百人相」 「女之助」五代目沢村長十郎、「茂兵衛」二代目市川九蔵、「かん平」八代目市川団十郎、「仁木」三代目尾上菊五郎、「高尾」初代坂東しうか、「十太郎」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38414
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 005-0151
Signed Kuniyoshi ga (on each design)
国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師:なし
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.