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Actor Bandô Hikosaburo V as Meshitsukai Ohatsu, from the series Theatrical Matches for Lanterns with Illustrated Jokes (Mitate jiguchi tsukushi)

Actor Bandô Hikosaburo V as Meshitsukai Ohatsu, from the series Theatrical Matches for Lanterns with Illustrated Jokes (Mitate jiguchi tsukushi)

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
(Japanese)
(Japanese, 1833–1901)
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.8 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.40419
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: 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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