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「仲居おふね 嵐小六」（四代目）
Actor Arashi Koroku IV as the Geisha's Assistant (Nakai) Ofune
「仲居おふね 嵐小六」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35098
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 91
DescriptionPlay: Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari
Theater: Naka
三十石☆始（さんじっこくよふねのはじまり）
中
Theater: Naka
三十石☆始（さんじっこくよふねのはじまり）
中
Signed
Ashikawa Hikokuni ga
あし川彦国画
あし川彦国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.