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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ikyû and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Shiratama


「意休」四代目市川小団次、「しら玉」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15090
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
Signed Konomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
好ニ付豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅十二
彫師:なし
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.