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「国芳もやう正札附現金男 五尺染五郎」
Goshaku Somegorô, from the series Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached, Kuniyoshi Fashion (Kuniyoshi moyô shôfuda tsuketari genkin otoko)
「国芳もやう正札附現金男 五尺染五郎」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26088
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #59; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #40.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.26088, 11.37132
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi Horikô
改印：浜
彫師：廉吉彫工
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi Horikô
改印：浜
彫師：廉吉彫工
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.