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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Kijin Omatsu, from the series A Collection of Five Dashing Women (Date soroi gonin onna)


「達揃五人女 鬼人お松 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15477
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yasu kokutô
改印:酉五改
彫師:彫安刻刀
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.