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傾城高尾 「岩井半四郎」（四代目）
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the Courtesan Takao
傾城高尾 「岩井半四郎」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1795 (Kansei 7), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22965
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13644, *11.22965 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Play: Zensei Azuma no Kyara (=Zensei Azuma no Meiboku)
Theater: Kawarazaki
全盛東伽羅（ぜんせいあずまのきゃら）
河原崎
1795、乙卯、寛政０７、08・01
Play: Zensei Azuma no Kyara (=Zensei Azuma no Meiboku)
Theater: Kawarazaki
全盛東伽羅（ぜんせいあずまのきゃら）
河原崎
1795、乙卯、寛政０７、08・01
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
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.