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In the Manner of Matsusuke (Matsusuke fû): Woman Playing with Kittens, with Inset of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I on a Fan, from the series Floating World Scenes with the Perfume of the Stage (Ukiyo butai kô)


「浮世舞台香 松助風」 初代尾上松助
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Tsumuraya Saburobei (Nyoidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13663
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.