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「ぬれ髪のお関 岩井半四郎」
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Nuregami no Oseki
「ぬれ髪のお関 岩井半四郎」
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 26.6 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13624
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-2160
DescriptionPlay: Somekaete Chô ni Kikyô
Theater: Kawarazaki
染替蝶桔梗（そめかえてちょうにききょう）
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
染替蝶桔梗（そめかえてちょうにききょう）
河原崎
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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.