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「富士ノ旗竿 早竹寅吉」 「於西両国二興行仕候」
Hayatake Torakichi and His Acrobatic Troupe in "Flagpoles at Mount Fuji" (Fuji no hatazao, Hayatake Torakichi), Performing at Nishi Ryôgoku (Nishi Ryôgoku ni oite kôgyô tsukae sôrô)
「富士ノ旗竿 早竹寅吉」 「於西両国二興行仕候」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21923
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Iwakiri 2011, #398; Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-60; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 147
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
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.