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「あらしわかの」（初代）、「市川門之助」（初代）
Actors Arashi Wakano I and Ichikawa Monnosuke I
「あらしわかの」（初代）、「市川門之助」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1723 (Kyôhô 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32 x 15.5 cm (12 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19114
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1908
Signed
Yamato gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
大和画工 奥村利信筆
大和画工 奥村利信筆
Marks
Artist's seal: (unread; possibly Mitsuoki)
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.