Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ude no Kisaburo, Ichikawa Yonezô IV as Inuzuka Shino, and Ichikawa Udanji I as Aburaya Osome, from the series Complete Compendium of Portraits of Actors Old and New (Kokon haiyû nigao taizen)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
(Japanese, 1786–1864)
Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô)
(Japanese)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.29920
On View
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Collections
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.
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