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Memorial Portrait of Actor Iwai Hanshirô VI


「岩井半四郎」 六代目岩井半四郎の死絵
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.6 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39508
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed ... Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya
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.