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Memorial Portrait of Actor Matsumoto Kinshô I as Kiyomizudera no Seigen Ajari


「きよみつ寺の清げん阿しやり」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36688
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMatsumoto Kinshô I (formerly Matsumoto Kôshirô VI), died in 1849.11.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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: 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.