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「海」 「松右衛門 嵐吉三郎」 （三代目）
Sea (Umi): Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as Matsuemon, from an untitled series
「海」 「松右衛門 嵐吉三郎」 （三代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 24.4 x 18.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37051
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 112; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #598
DescriptionPlay: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Tenman
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
天満
Theater: Tenman
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
天満
Signed
Kunikazu
国員
国員
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.