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「見立三十六句撰」 「法戒坊」四代目市川小団次、「甚三女房お梅」二代目尾上菊次郎
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hôkaibô and Onoe Kikujirô II as Jinza's Wife (Nyôbô) Oume, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」 「法戒坊」四代目市川小団次、「甚三女房お梅」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 24.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30087
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #102
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21783, 11.30011, 11.30030, 11.30087
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
一陽斎豊国画、玄魚
一陽斎豊国画、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.