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「見立役者五十三対ノ内 品川 杜若」 初代岩井杜若の白井権八
Shinagawa: Actor Iwai Tojaku I as Shirai Gonpachi, from the series Imaginary Matches of Actors for the Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido Road] (Mitate yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi)
「見立役者五十三対ノ内 品川 杜若」 初代岩井杜若の白井権八
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 18.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22305
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T61-12
DescriptionForms a diptych with 11.22304.
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
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.