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Actor Kawarazaki Kunitarô I as the Daughter (Musume) of the Ôshûya, from the series Theatrical Matches for Lanterns with Illustrated Jokes (Mitate jiguchi tsukushi)


「見立地口尽」「奥州やの娘」 初代河原崎国太郎
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 26 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37251
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-0527
DescriptionFrom a series co-designed with Kunichika.
Signed Ryûsai hitsu
立斎筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印:卯正改
彫師:渡辺彫栄
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.