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Actor Caricatures: Matsumoto Kinshô I (TR), Ichimura Uzaemon XII (TC), Ichikawa Shinsha I (TL), Nakamura Utaemon IV (BR), Bandô Shûka I (BC), Sawamura Ujûrô II (?) (BL), from the series Scribbles on a Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.27004
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1845 (Kôka 2)