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Acrobats Naniwa Kamekichi and Naniwa Unosuke


「らん杭わたり 浪花亀佶」、「らん杭上のり 卯之助」
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37235
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kitchôrô Sadafusa ga
橘蝶楼貞房画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.