Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Board Game of Famous Actors in Hit Performances (Ataru wazaogi nadai sugoroku)


「当俳優名題双六(あたるわざおぎなだいすごろく)」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34924.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionGame board: 11.34924.1
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.34924.2
Signed Ichiôsai Kunichika hitsu
一鶯斎国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:巳十改
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: December 15, 2000)

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.