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「荷宝蔵壁のむだ書き（にたからぐらかべのむだがき）」 八代目市川団十郎、二代目中山文五郎、二代目市川九蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎ヵ、三代目岩井粂三郎、二代目尾上多見蔵
Actor Caricatures: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (TR), Nakayama Bungorô II (TL), Ichikawa Kuzô II (CR), Onoe Kikujirô II (?) (CL), Iwai Kumesaburô III (BR), Onoe Tamizô II (BL), from the series Scribbles on a Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)
「荷宝蔵壁のむだ書き（にたからぐらかべのむだがき）」 八代目市川団十郎、二代目中山文五郎、二代目市川九蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎ヵ、三代目岩井粂三郎、二代目尾上多見蔵
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 25.1 cm (14 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27003
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #70; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #141; Iwakiri 2011, #371; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #271; Suzuki 1992, #404; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #170
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi kaku
一勇斎国芳かく
一勇斎国芳かく
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜、衣笠
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.