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「喜の字つくし 北山しろ★」 「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目、善玉）、「中村芝翫」 （四代目悪玉）「丗七」
Kitayama ... : Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as a Good Influence (Zendama) and Nakamura Shikan IV as a Bad Influence (Akudama), No. 37 from the series Things That Start with the Syllable Ki (Ki no ji tsukushi)
「喜の字つくし 北山しろ★」 「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目、善玉）、「中村芝翫」 （四代目悪玉）「丗七」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 34.2 cm (14 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29751
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.832, 11.29751
Signed
Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆
豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：酉十二改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：酉十二改
彫師：横川彫竹
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.