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「見振十二おもひ月」 「四月 ほとゝぎす」初代坂東しうか、「四月 おしゃか」 六代目松本幸四郎、「五月 鍾馗」四代目中村歌右衛門、「五月 あがりかぶと」三代目関三十郎
Fourth Month: (Actors Bandô Shûka I as) a Cuckoo (Hototogisu) and (Matsumoto Kôshirô VI as) the Buddha at Birth (Oshaka); Fifth Month: (Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Shôki and (Seki Sanjûrô III as) a Helmet on Display (Agari kabuto), from the series Clever Ideas in Gestures for the Twelve Months (Miburi jûni omoitsuki)
「見振十二おもひ月」 「四月 ほとゝぎす」初代坂東しうか、「四月 おしゃか」 六代目松本幸四郎、「五月 鍾馗」四代目中村歌右衛門、「五月 あがりかぶと」三代目関三十郎
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–48 (Kôka 4–Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36751
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0325; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #98
DescriptionFour sheets from a set of five: 11.36750 to 11.36753.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.
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.