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「日本駄右エ門猫之古事」
The Story of Nippondaemon and the Cat (Nippondaemon neko no koji): Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Kotoura (?)
「日本駄右エ門猫之古事」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 40.5 x 28.3 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38138
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), pp. 46-7; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #17; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #101
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.27023-5 (complete triptych, color), 11.38138 (right sheet only, key block)
MFA impressions: 11.27023-5 (complete triptych, color), 11.38138 (right sheet only, key block)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.