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Fuchû: Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Teranishi Kanshin, from the series The Tôkaidô Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryô (Tôkaidô hitome senryô)


「東海道一ト眼千両 府中 寺西閑心」五代目大谷友右衛門
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Other artist: Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Maruya Tetsujirô (Enjudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 × 23.7 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39869
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-0444
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39869, 11.40555
Signed Kunichika hitsu (figure); Sansei Hiroshige hitsu (background)
国周筆、三世広重画筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印:卯弐改
彫師:彫牛
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.