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「船頭松右ヱ門実者樋口次郎兼光」四代目中村歌右衛門
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Boatman (Sendô) Matsuemon, actually Higuchi no Jirô Kanemitsu
「船頭松右ヱ門実者樋口次郎兼光」四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29545
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fiorillo, "Ireki ...," Andon 81 (2007)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
First edition (1849): *11.29545 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29990, 11.40354
Second edition (1855): 11.29734
Altered version with face redrawn by Yoshitora (1862): 11.41319
Play (interval): Hiragana Seisuiki
Play (main feature): Hana Shôbu Sano no Yatsuhashi
Theater: Ichimura
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
花菖蒲佐野船橋（はなしょうぶさののやつはし）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永０２、05・02
First edition (1849): *11.29545 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29990, 11.40354
Second edition (1855): 11.29734
Altered version with face redrawn by Yoshitora (1862): 11.41319
Play (interval): Hiragana Seisuiki
Play (main feature): Hana Shôbu Sano no Yatsuhashi
Theater: Ichimura
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
花菖蒲佐野船橋（はなしょうぶさののやつはし）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永０２、05・02
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.