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七代目市川団十郎の荒獅子男之介
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Arajishi Otokonosuke
七代目市川団十郎の荒獅子男之介
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.6 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26489
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter, "Wild Boars...," Impressions 29 (2007), fig. 8; McKee, Japanese Poetry Prints (Schoff Coll. cat., 2006), #64; Mirviss, Masterpieces of the Art of Surimono (2003), #82; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #82
DescriptionFrom the play The Celebrated Bush Clover of Sendai (Meiboku Sendai Hagi)
Poems translated in McKee 2006, p. 177; and Bowie et al 1979, p. 136.
Poems translated in McKee 2006, p. 177; and Bowie et al 1979, p. 136.
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InscriptionsPoem by Bunkaisha Nanki: Tawamurete/ yanagi no nezumi/ chô to utsu/ kodomo reisha no/ toshidama ôgi
Poem by Bunkaisha Hazemaru: Toshidama no/ ôgi no soete/ kado reisha/ torichirashitaru/ nezumi hansetsu
Poem by Goryûtei Tokushô: Ôsaka ni/ saku ya kabuki no/ fukamigusa/ Edo mo neoi no/ hana no oyadama
Poem by Bunkaisha Hazemaru: Toshidama no/ ôgi no soete/ kado reisha/ torichirashitaru/ nezumi hansetsu
Poem by Goryûtei Tokushô: Ôsaka ni/ saku ya kabuki no/ fukamigusa/ Edo mo neoi no/ hana no oyadama
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.