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「詞花開末広（ことばのはなひらくすゑひろ）」 「しづか」二代目岩井紫若
Actor Iwai Shijaku II as Shizuka, from the series Opened Fans Blooming with Flowery Words (Kotoba no hana hiraku suehiro)
「詞花開末広（ことばのはなひらくすゑひろ）」 「しづか」二代目岩井紫若
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Blockcutter: Ôta Masukichi (Hori Masu) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Masukichi (Hori Masu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 012-1319 (actor not identified)
DescriptionFrom a series jointly designed by Kunichika and Kuniteru II.
Play: Ichinomori Kujira no Ôyose
Theater: Morita
一守九字成大漁（いちのもりくじらのおおよせ）
守田
Play: Ichinomori Kujira no Ôyose
Theater: Morita
一守九字成大漁（いちのもりくじらのおおよせ）
守田
Signed
Kuniteru hitsu
国輝筆
国輝筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Masukichi
改印：卯八改
彫師：彫工升吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Masukichi
改印：卯八改
彫師：彫工升吉
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.