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「芸者小いと 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II as the Geisha Koito, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors
「芸者小いと 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15138
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shindo, Gototei Kunisada yakusha-e no sekai (1993), p. 82
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15138, *11.29574 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Play: Iro Ichiza Soga Ôyose
Theater: Ichimura
色一座曽我大寄（いろいちざそがおおよせ）
市村
Play: Iro Ichiza Soga Ôyose
Theater: Ichimura
色一座曽我大寄（いろいちざそがおおよせ）
市村
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「何なりとうとうてひけよ野の小松 くめ三」
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.