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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）」 初代松本錦升、十二代目市村羽左衛門、初代市川新車、四代目中村歌右衛門、初代坂東しうか、二代目沢村宇十郎ヵ
Actor Caricatures: Matsumoto Kinshô I (TR), Ichimura Uzaemon XII (TC), Ichikawa Shinsha I (TL), Nakamura Utaemon IV (BR), Bandô Shûka I (BC), Sawamura Ujûrô 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）」 初代松本錦升、十二代目市村羽左衛門、初代市川新車、四代目中村歌右衛門、初代坂東しうか、二代目沢村宇十郎ヵ
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27004
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #71; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #140; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #123; Iwakiri 2011, #370; Suzuki 1992, #402; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #168
DescriptionThe dancing cat is probably from the play Onoe Kikugorô Ichidai Banashi at the Ichimura theater in the 7th month of 1847.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
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.