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役者夏の富士 初代市川男女蔵、二代目中村東蔵ヵ
Actors Ichikawa Omezô I and Nakamura Tôzô II (?), from an untitled series of actors in private life, with poems
役者夏の富士 初代市川男女蔵、二代目中村東蔵ヵ
Japanese
Edo period
1800 (Kansei 12), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 25.9 cm (15 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25414
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom an untitled series of actors in pairs, with kyôka poems: 11.13698, 11.22941, 11.25414, 21.6935
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey Shô
改印：申正
改印：申正
InscriptionsPoem by Monogoto Otonari (reading uncertain): Kiyomizu no/ Otowa ni masaru/ gohiiki wa/ kiriotoshi made / hibiku Takinoya
「物事夫成 水のおとわにまさる御ひゐきは切落しまてひゝく滝のや」
「物事夫成 水のおとわにまさる御ひゐきは切落しまてひゝく滝のや」
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.