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「優写語太平喜 吉田初右エ門 中村芝翫」 （四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Yoshida Hatsuemon, from the series Fine Figures and Words, Great Peace and Happiness (Hana sugata go Taiheiki)
「優写語太平喜 吉田初右エ門 中村芝翫」 （四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.1 cm (14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40476
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0848
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：丑十改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：丑十改
彫師：片田彫長
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.