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「申介女房おもと」初代坂東しうか
Actor Bandô Shûka I as Shinsuke's Wife (Nyôbô) Omoto
「申介女房おもと」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38423
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete diptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych. No publisher's mark on either sheet.
Play (shosa): Yoru no Tsuru Omoi no Yukidoke
Play (main feature): Aoto Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
夜鶴思雪解（よるのつるおもいのゆきどけ）
青砥調（あおとばなし）
市村
1849、嘉永０２、01・17
Play (shosa): Yoru no Tsuru Omoi no Yukidoke
Play (main feature): Aoto Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
夜鶴思雪解（よるのつるおもいのゆきどけ）
青砥調（あおとばなし）
市村
1849、嘉永０２、01・17
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
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.