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「豊国漫画図絵 弁天小僧菊之介」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke, from the series Toyokuni's Caricature Pictures (Toyokuni manga zue)
「豊国漫画図絵 弁天小僧菊之介」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15102
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), p. 34, fig. 5 (this impression); Fujisawa Akane, "Toyokuni to Mokuami...," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 154 (2007), p. 51, fig. 1; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-27; Ukiyo-e zenshû 5 (1957), fig. 157
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申九改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申九改
彫師：横川彫竹
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.