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「役者舞台之姿絵 やまとや」 四代岩井半四郎の菊水
Yamatoya (Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Kikusui), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)
「役者舞台之姿絵 やまとや」 四代岩井半四郎の菊水
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 29.9 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13581
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Mus., Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #20; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), pl. 88; Ukiyo-e shûka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 212, fig. 20; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #128; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 30, #20
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13581 (no censor's seal or publisher's mark), 21.6968 (pub. Izumiya Ichibei)
Play: Matsu wa Misao Onna Kusunoki
Theater: Kawarazaki
松貞婦女楠（まつはみさおおんなくすのき）
河原崎
Play: Matsu wa Misao Onna Kusunoki
Theater: Kawarazaki
松貞婦女楠（まつはみさおおんなくすのき）
河原崎
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：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.
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.