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「片岡仁左衛門」（八代目） （死絵）
Memorial Portrait of Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
「片岡仁左衛門」（八代目） （死絵）
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 × 26 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
ARC shiUY0130
Signed
Môsai Yoshitora ga
孟斎芳虎画
孟斎芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「文久二年十月三日 寒松院日青信士 行年五十二才」
「寺日蓮宗大坂下寺町宗題寺」「片岡仁左衛門」
「辞世 みよしのゝさまもかくなりおち葉かな 我童」
「寺日蓮宗大坂下寺町宗題寺」「片岡仁左衛門」
「辞世 みよしのゝさまもかくなりおち葉かな 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.