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「見立三十六句撰 すまのみつうぢ」 八代目市川団十郎
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji at Suma (Suma no Mitsuuji), from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰 すまのみつうぢ」 八代目市川団十郎
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
1856 (Ansei 3), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30088
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #53; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #36
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15938, 11.30001, 11.30025, 11.30088
Signed
Utagawa Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
歌川豊国画、玄魚
歌川豊国画、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十二
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.