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Memorial Portrait of Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV


「尾上菊五郎 行年五十七才 一向宗今戸高楽寺ニ葬 万延元庚申年六月廿九日没」 四代目尾上菊五郎 (死絵)
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38564
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「思ひきやかほよにて見し焼香をけふの手向にひねるへしとは 株翁」
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.