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四代目岩井半四郎の乳人重の井
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi
四代目岩井半四郎の乳人重の井
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14669
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Sharaku (2011), #67; MFA, Golden Age (2010), #98; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #21; Henderson & Ledoux 14
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14669, 11.14670, 21.7243
Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋女房染分手綱（こいにょうぼうそめわけたづな）
河原崎
Play: Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋女房染分手綱（こいにょうぼうそめわけたづな）
河原崎
Signed
Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画
東洲斎写楽画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.