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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as a Fan Seller, from the series An Up-to-date Set of Fashionable Summer Robes (Hayari yukata tôsei soroi)

(Japanese, 1833–1906)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.39018
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「地紙からかたきあふぎの花要今うり出しのはやり商人 守の屋」
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.
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