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Acrobat Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka, Seen Here in a Quick-change Dance Act (Ôsaka kudari Hayatake Torakichi, kono tokoro shosagoto hayagawari)


「大阪下り 早竹虎吉 此所 所作事 早変り」
Utagawa Yoshiharu (Japanese, 1828–1888)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21577
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 147
Signed Ichibaisai Yoshiharu ga
一梅斎芳晴画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
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.