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Memorial Portrait of Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV and His Wife Chô


「万延庚申年六月廿八日 今戸広楽寺葬 尾上菊五郎 行年六十三歳」「菊五郎妻蝶 行年四十八歳」 四代目尾上菊五郎 (死絵)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.5 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40160
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ôju Ichiyôsai Toyokuni hitsu
應需一陽斎豊国筆
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.