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八代目市川団十郎の暫
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in Shibaraku
八代目市川団十郎の暫
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.6 x 18.7 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20670
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi (2011), #292; McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #132; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #192; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 319
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 264.
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
InscriptionsPoem by Rokugien Ginba: Medetasa wa/ chiyo ni yachiyo no/ hachidaime/ isamu kokoro no/ kimi ga hatsu haru
Poem by Rokuyaen: Shibaraku to/ ifu ma mo akete/ aratama no/ tsugite ureshiki/ uguisu no koe
Poem by Rokuyaen: Shibaraku to/ ifu ma mo akete/ aratama no/ tsugite ureshiki/ uguisu no koe
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.