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Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Tamamo no Mae, actually the Golden-furred, White-faced, Nine-tailed Fox


「玉藻の前 実は金毛白面九尾狐 尾上松助」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.8 x 24.5 cm (15 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22963
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-9043
DescriptionPlay: Sangoku Yôfu Den
Theater: Ichimura
三国妖婦伝(さんごくようふでん)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Hare 6
改印:極、卯六
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.