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Actor Shikan (Nakamura Shikan IV as Ômi no Kotôta), from the series Assortment of Fine Brands of Sake, Good for the Health (Hyakuyaku chôju meishû soroe)


「百薬長寿名酒揃 芝翫」(四代目中村芝翫の近江の小藤田)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shôfûdô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 24.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40524
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-2565
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39865, 11.40524
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:寅十二改
彫師:ホリ工房次郎
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.