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Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Akagaki Genzô, from the series Opened Fans Blooming with Flowery Words (Kotoba no hana hiraku suehiro)

Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Akagaki Genzô, from the series Opened Fans Blooming with Flowery Words (Kotoba no hana hiraku suehiro)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese)
(Japanese, 1833–1901)
1867 (Keiô 3), 9th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36 × 24.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.40532
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「留守問ふて本意なき□の□□哉　魁連　□雫」
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.