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「見立三十六句撰」 「しつか」四代目尾上菊五郎、「狐忠信」四代目市川小団次
Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Shizuka and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fox Tadanobu (Kitsune Tadanobu), from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」 「しつか」四代目尾上菊五郎、「狐忠信」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30055
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Vos, & Griffith, "Surprise Comparisons...," in Andon 96 (2014)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25096, 11.30022, 11.30055, 11.30071
Poem transcribed and translated in Andon 96, p. 47.
Poem transcribed and translated in Andon 96, p. 47.
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni hitsu; Gengyo (on inset)
香蝶楼豊国筆、玄魚
香蝶楼豊国筆、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
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.