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「俳優見立夏商人」 初代沢村訥升の虫売り
Actor Sawamura Tosshô I as an Insect Seller (Mushi-uri), from the series Actors Imagined as Summertime Merchants (Haiyû mitate natsu akindo)
「俳優見立夏商人」 初代沢村訥升の虫売り
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39318
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description見立
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Inscriptions「倭国琴桜 秋荷ふすゝしき袖の観世水ほむるやうなる虫の声々」
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.