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「武勇千柄草」 四代目中村歌右衛門の獅子
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as a Lion, from the series Grasses of Valor (Buyû chikaragusa)
「武勇千柄草」 四代目中村歌右衛門の獅子
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38028
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete series)
DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Shiki Utsushi Tosa-e no Futsutsuka
Play (main feature): Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark (Marks U494).
四季写土佐画拙（しきうつしとさえのふつつか） 常磐津、竹本、長唄
源家八代恵剛者（げんけはちだいめぐみのつわもの）
市村、二番目大切
1847、弘化０４、11・04
Play (main feature): Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark (Marks U494).
四季写土佐画拙（しきうつしとさえのふつつか） 常磐津、竹本、長唄
源家八代恵剛者（げんけはちだいめぐみのつわもの）
市村、二番目大切
1847、弘化０４、11・04
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark, Marks #U494
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark, Marks #U494
改印：米良、村田
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.
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.