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Actor Arashi Rikaku II as a Sanbasô Marionette (Ayatsuri Sanbasô)


「あやつり三番叟」二代目嵐璃珏
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.8 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28850
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16568, 11.28850

Play: Yanagi no Ito Hiku ya Gohiiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
柳糸引御摂(やなぎのいとひくやごひいき)
河原崎
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、丑二
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.