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Yamashiro Province: Ono no Komachi, and Yamato Province: (Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as) Kuganosuke, from the series Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocade Prints (Edo nishiki imayô kuni zukushi)


「江都錦今様国尽」 「小野小町 久我之助」(八代目市川団十郎) 「山城」 「大和」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Nakamura Tôkichi (Hori Me-Tô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.4 cm (14 5/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36702
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 005-0223
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Me-Tô
改印:米良、渡辺、子七、シタ売
彫師:彫目藤
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.