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「くづの葉狐 中村芝翫」（四代目）「安部の童子」
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the Fox Kuzunoha (Kuzunoha Kitsune), with the Abe Baby (Abe no dôji)
「くづの葉狐 中村芝翫」（四代目）「安部の童子」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39027
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Waga Sumu Mori Nobe no Rangiku
Scene: Na o Tsuide Shinoda no Yomeiri
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
吾住森野辺乱菊（わがすむもりのべのらんぎく） 花園、竹本、長唄
名相続信田嫁入（なをついでしのだのよめいり）
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
市村、二番目大切
1861、文久０１
Scene: Na o Tsuide Shinoda no Yomeiri
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
吾住森野辺乱菊（わがすむもりのべのらんぎく） 花園、竹本、長唄
名相続信田嫁入（なをついでしのだのよめいり）
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
市村、二番目大切
1861、文久０１
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：彫政
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.