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「当世浪花の三興 芸子」 「刀屋半七」 五代目岩井半四郎
Geisha (Geiko): Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Katanaya Hanshichi, from the series Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tôsei Naniwa no sankô)
「当世浪花の三興 芸子」 「刀屋半七」 五代目岩井半四郎
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21938
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), p. 21, fig. 12, and checklist 1-28
DescriptionOptional triptych: 11.21396-8 (no virtual record)
Most likely designed during the time when Kunisada was in Osaka, from the first month to the tenth month of Bunsei 4 (1821).
国貞の在坂期間は文政4年正月頃から10月上旬頃なのでその期間中の作品ヵ。
Most likely designed during the time when Kunisada was in Osaka, from the first month to the tenth month of Bunsei 4 (1821).
国貞の在坂期間は文政4年正月頃から10月上旬頃なのでその期間中の作品ヵ。
Signed
Ukabuse ni oite Kunisada ga
於浮瀬亭国貞画
於浮瀬亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.