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「道化だるまけん」 二代目市川九蔵、四代目中村歌右衛門、六代目松本幸四郎
Comical Ken Game of Darumas (Dôke Daruma ken): Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II (in red), Nakamura Utaemon IV (in black), and Matsumoto Kôshirô VI (in brown)
「道化だるまけん」 二代目市川九蔵、四代目中村歌右衛門、六代目松本幸四郎
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark (what looks like a blockcutter's mark is actually the mark of the publisher Horimasa)
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark (what looks like a blockcutter's mark is actually the mark of the publisher Horimasa)
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
InscriptionsSake wa kinshu de ...
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.