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「再春菘種蒔 中村芝翫」 （四代目中村芝翫の三番叟）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Sanbasô in Mata no Haru Suzuna no Tanemaki, from an untitled series of actor portraits on the backs of shamisens
「再春菘種蒔 中村芝翫」 （四代目中村芝翫の三番叟）
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 25 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-5835
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39874, *11.40576 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Play: Mata Kuru Haru Suzuna no Tanemaki
再春菘種蒔（またくるはるすずなのたねまき）
Play: Mata Kuru Haru Suzuna no Tanemaki
再春菘種蒔（またくるはるすずなのたねまき）
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰正改
彫師：なし
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.