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雉の精 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as the Spirit of a Chicken
雉の精 「岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 26.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13627
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13627, 52.1399
Print by Kunisada, 1837, based on this design: Waseda db 100-6717
Play: Sekai no Hana Sugawara Denju
Theater: Ichimura
世界花菅原伝授（せかいのはなすがわらでんじゅ）
市村
文化１１(1814)・ 11・10
Print by Kunisada, 1837, based on this design: Waseda db 100-6717
Play: Sekai no Hana Sugawara Denju
Theater: Ichimura
世界花菅原伝授（せかいのはなすがわらでんじゅ）
市村
文化１１(1814)・ 11・10
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.