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「古代今様色紙合」 「公家悪」五代目市川海老蔵、「しばらく」
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as an Evil Nobleman (Kugeaku) and an Unidentified Actor in Shibaraku, from the series Square Pictures in Old and New Styles (Kodai imayô shikishi awase)
「古代今様色紙合」 「公家悪」五代目市川海老蔵、「しばらく」
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 25 cm (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25909
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 257
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25909, 11.45127
Signed
Kuge aku, Ichiyôsai Toyhokuni ga; Shibaraku, Torii Kiyomitsu ga
公家悪 一陽斎豊国画、志ばらく 鳥居清満画
公家悪 一陽斎豊国画、志ばらく 鳥居清満画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫竹
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.