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「俳優花白波 雲霧仁左衛門 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series Actors as Flowers of the Underworld (Haiyû hana no shiranami)
「俳優花白波 雲霧仁左衛門 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yorozuya Zentarô (Manzen)
Blockcutter: Horikô Ko-Kin (Japanese)
Publisher: Yorozuya Zentarô (Manzen)
Blockcutter: Horikô Ko-Kin (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 26.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38770
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ko-Kin
改印：亥八改
彫師：彫工小金
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ko-Kin
改印：亥八改
彫師：彫工小金
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.