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「江戸名所姿絵寿語六」
Wrapper for Board Game of Famous Places in Edo and Actor Portraits (Edo meisho sugata-e sugoroku)
「江戸名所姿絵寿語六」
Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.9 x 34.9 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche; Gengyo ga
一陽斎豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚画
一陽斎豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚画
Marks
日本橋通本町二丁目 地本問屋近江屋久次郎板
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.