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「今様押絵鏡 亀屋忠兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kameya Chûbei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 亀屋忠兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21885
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申壬三改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申壬三改
彫師：横川彫竹
Inscriptions「弐人りして積るはなしや花吹雪 八代目我童」
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.