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「天日坊法策 市川小団次 米升」（四代目市川小団次）
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Tennichibô Hôsaku
「天日坊法策 市川小団次 米升」（四代目市川小団次）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 25.5 cm (15 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), p. 164, #3; Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #139; Utagawa ha (Kobijutsu special issue 7, 1986), #104
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ryûzô
改印：申三改
彫師：彫工柳三
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ryûzô
改印：申三改
彫師：彫工柳三
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.