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「今様押絵鏡 つちや梅川」 四代目尾上菊五郎
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Tsuchiya Umegawa, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 つちや梅川」 四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.8 x 24.4 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29549
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 287
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.810, 11.29549
Play (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Play (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村、二番目
1860、安政０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申壬三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申壬三改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「つれられて古郷へむくや春の雁 梅婦」
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.