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「薩摩坐 吉田文吾相勤申し候」
Puppeteer Yoshida Bungo II Performs at the Satsuma Theater (Satsuma-za Yoshida Bungo aitsutome môshi sôrô)
「薩摩坐 吉田文吾相勤申し候」
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Japanese
Edo period
1762–70 (Hôreki 12–Meiwa 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benuzuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 28.9 x 14.7 cm (11 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19262
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #116
DescriptionYoshida Bungo II performed in Edo from 1762 to 1770; Waterhouse suggests that this print is probably from around the time of his first arrival in 1762.
Signed
Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
歌川豊春画
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.