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Ch. 41, Maboroshi: Shinchûnagon Taira no Tomomori, from the series Modern Parodies of Genji (Imayô nazorae Genji)


「今様擬源氏 四十一 幻 新中納言平知盛」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 × 24 cm (14 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39757
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #15.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39757, 11.41126
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga
一恵斎芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印: 亥十二改
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.