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「古代今様色紙合」 「老女しのゝめ」、「足利光氏」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Mitsuuji and an Unidentified Actor as the Old Woman (Rôjo) Shinonome, from the series Square Pictures in Old and New Styles (Kodai imayô shikishi awase)
「古代今様色紙合」 「老女しのゝめ」、「足利光氏」八代目市川団十郎
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25906
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25906, 11.45126
Signed
Rôjo Shinonome, Seiryûken Kiyomitsu ga; Ashikaga Mitsuuji, Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
老女しのゝめ 青柳軒清満画、足利光氏 香蝶楼豊国画
老女しのゝめ 青柳軒清満画、足利光氏 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：なし
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.