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似貌絵本俳優楽屋通 「市川団蔵」（四代目）
Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV, from the book Yakusha gakuya tsū (Actors in Their Dressing Rooms)
似貌絵本俳優楽屋通 「市川団蔵」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
One kohon page; 14.5 x 10.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25872
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ritsumeikan db, ROM-926.18.1062; Ukiyo-e shūka 9 (1981), list #1.83.09; the book: Hizō Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pls. 318-22 (this page not illustrated)
DescriptionCut from a book of 36 actor portraits, jointly designed by Toyokuni I and Kunimasa (18 portraits each), with a frontispiece by Utamaro.
Signed
Kunimasa ga
国政画
国政画
Inscriptions「恋すてふ只かりそめのしうちさへこまかく人の目にたつもうし 梅林舎尾花袖風」
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.