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Actor Arashi Kitsusaburô I (Rikan) in the dressing room mirror, with wigs and makeup for various roles, from an untitled series of five

(Japanese, active 1810–1832)
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35385
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: September 29, 2004)

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.
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as the Farmer Gosaku, actually Ishikawa Goemon
Shunkôsai Hokushû
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 1st month
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon
Shunkôsai Hokushû
1822 (Bunsei 5), 2nd month