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「見振（みぶり）十二思ひ月」 「六月 冨士の蛇」初代中村鶴蔵、「七月 鬼がわら七夕」四代目大谷友右衛門、「八月 猿候の月」二代目市川九蔵、「九月 菊蝶」二代目尾上菊次郎
Sixth Month: (Actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I as) a Straw Snake for the Fuji Festival (Fuji no ja); Seventh Month: (Ôtani Tomoemon IV as) a Demon-faced Roof Tile at the Tanabata Festival (Onigawara Tanabata); Eighth Month: (Ichikawa Kuzô II as) Gibbon with Reflected Moon (Enkô no tsuki); Ninth Month: (Onoe Kikujirô II as) Chrysanthemum Butterfly (Kiku chô), from the series Clever Ideas in Gestures for the Twelve Months (Miburi jûni omoitsuki)
「見振（みぶり）十二思ひ月」 「六月 冨士の蛇」初代中村鶴蔵、「七月 鬼がわら七夕」四代目大谷友右衛門、「八月 猿候の月」二代目市川九蔵、「九月 菊蝶」二代目尾上菊次郎
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–48 (Kôka 4–Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.1 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36752
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #104; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #99
DescriptionFour sheets from a set of five: 11.36750 to 11.36753.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga
一勇斎国芳戯画
一勇斎国芳戯画
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.