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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Toba-e no Masuroku


「鳥羽絵の升六」四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Shônosuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29808
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Kikkô Dengo Shiki no Kumiito
Play (main feature): Katakiuchi Amanohashidate
Theater: Morita
復讐天橋立(かたきうちあまのはしだて)
乞巧奠五色の☆(きっこうでんごしきのくみいと)、常磐津、清元、長唄 鳥羽絵
守田、二番目大切
1860、万延01、07・14
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fuka-Chô
改印:申八改
彫師:彫工深長
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.