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「古代今様色紙合」 「小町桜の精霊」初代坂東しうか、「大伴黒主」
Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree (Komachi sakura no seirei) and an Unidentified Actor as Ôtomo Kuronushi, from the series Square Pictures in Old and New Styles (Kodai imayô shikishi awase)
「古代今様色紙合」 「小町桜の精霊」初代坂東しうか、「大伴黒主」
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29578
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25908, 11.29578
Signed
Komachi sakura no seirei, Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga; Ôtomo Kuronushi, Seiryûken Kiyomitsu ga
小町桜の精霊 一陽斎豊国画、大伴黒主 青柳軒清満画
小町桜の精霊 一陽斎豊国画、大伴黒主 青柳軒清満画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
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.