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初代嵐和歌野の化粧坂の少将
Actor Arashi Wakano I as Kewaizaka no Shôshô
初代嵐和歌野の化粧坂の少将
Okumura Toshinobu (Japanese, active about 1717–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1723 (Kyôhô 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.9 x 15.1 cm (11 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19122 (head plugged, actor's mon deleted), 21.8112 (earlier)
Signed
Yamato gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
大和画工 奥村利信筆
大和画工 奥村利信筆
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.