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「俳家書画狂題」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III, from the series Combined Pictures and Calligraphy of Actor-Poets (Haika shoga kyôdai)
「俳家書画狂題」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 23.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25112, 11.39428
Signed
(Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga, at lower right edge, cut off of this impression)
（梓元乃応需豊国画）
（梓元乃応需豊国画）
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「うめかゝやわけ入里は牛の角 句空」
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.