Actor Evaluations in the Dressing Room, Second Collection (Gakuya daihyôban, nishô): Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Komajûrô I, Iwai Kumesaburô III, Onoe Kikujirô II, Ichimura Takematsu III (R), Kawarazaki Kunitarô I, Ichikawa Kuzô III, Kataoka Jûzô I, Nakamura Shikan IV (C), Bandô Kamezô I, Ichikawa Yaozô VI, Ichikawa Yonegorô I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Ganpachi I, Ichikawa Kohanji I, and Bandô Mitsugorô VI (L)

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)

Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 74 cm (14 5/16 × 29 1/8 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.41749a-c

On View

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

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.