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「風流役者地顔五節句 七月之図」 初代沢村源之助
The Seventh Month (Shichigatsu no zu): Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I, from the series The Five Festivals with Popular Actors in Private Life (Fûryû yakusha jigao gosekku)
「風流役者地顔五節句 七月之図」 初代沢村源之助
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808 (Bunka 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 23.9 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), p. 16; another design in the series: Waseda db 001-1173
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.