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「尾張町壹町目横通油店松田陸奥大椽」 楽屋姿の八代目市川団十郎
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in the Dressing Room; Advertisement (?) for the Cosmetic Store (?) of Matsuda Mutsu Daijō on Yokodôri in Owarichō itchôme (Owarichō itchôme Yokodôri Aburaya Matsuda Mutsu Daijō)
「尾張町壹町目横通油店松田陸奥大椽」 楽屋姿の八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 27.6 x 33.1 cm (10 7/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAn advertisement for face powder from the same store is in the Waseda library:
http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko10/b10_8005_1/
http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko10/b10_8005_1/
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.