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「侠客端唄五人立 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「玉章の浪」
Waves of Fine Writing (Gyokushô no nami): Actor Sawamura Tossho II, from the series Popuar Songs for Five Chivalrous Commoners (Kyokaku hauta gonin date)
「侠客端唄五人立 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「玉章の浪」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 24.5 cm (14 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40480
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0481; Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), #46
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十二改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十二改
彫師：彫巳の
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.