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「上本花姿見」 「わしの長吉 市むら家橘」（四代目）
Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Washi no Chôkichi, from the series Elegant Figures of the Flowers of the Stage (Jôhon hana sugatami)
「上本花姿見」 「わしの長吉 市むら家橘」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical double ôban; 52 x 38 cm (20 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：寅二改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：寅二改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.