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「投扇興当姿絵 揚まき お七 権八 おそめ」 四代尾上菊五郎
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Agemaki, Oshichi, Gonpachi, and Osome, from the series Portraits of Hits in the Fan-tossing Game (Tôsenkyô ataru sugata-e)
「投扇興当姿絵 揚まき お七 権八 おそめ」 四代尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Owariya Seishichi (Kinrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Owariya Seishichi (Kinrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 × 24.9 cm (14 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39095
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #76
DescriptionThe title makes a pun on hit plays and tossed fans that hit the target.
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga
梅蝶楼国貞画
梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申三改
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.