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四代目沢村宗十郎、三代目沢村宗十郎 （死絵）
Memorial Portraits of Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô IV and His Late Father Sawamura Sôjûrô III
四代目沢村宗十郎、三代目沢村宗十郎 （死絵）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21946
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 114-0051 and 114-0054
Signed
Okonomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga
御好ニ付豊国画
御好ニ付豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「大なるかな訥子。訥子以前に････ 式亭三馬題」「長かれといのりし者を定紋の丸にいのちのなきぞくやしき」
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.
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.