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No. 11, Imado: Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Wrestler Inagawa, from the series Comparisons for Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho awase no uchi)


「江戸名所合乃内 十一 稲川」 初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Masudaya Ginjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36866
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 012-0269
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36866, 11.45359
Signed Kuniteru hitsu
国輝筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:卯十一改
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.