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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Tiger (Tora): (Actors as) Torazô and Kiichi, from the series Selections for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Mitate jûnishi no uchi)


「見立十二支之内 寅 虎蔵 鬼一」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36625
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22170, 11.28636, *11.36625 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:福、村松、子六
彫師:彫巳の
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.