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「風流六玉川 井出玉川 山城の名所」 五代目岩井半四郎
The Ide Jewel River, a Famous Place in Yamashiro Province (Ide no Tamagawa, Yamashiro no meisho): Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Fûryû Mu Tamagawa)
「風流六玉川 井出玉川 山城の名所」 五代目岩井半四郎
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Uchiwa-e cut from horizontal aiban sheet; 26 x 18.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23038
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.