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「詞花開末広 赤垣源蔵」 四代目市村家橘
Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Akagaki Genzô, from the series Opened Fans Blooming with Flowery Words (Kotoba no hana hiraku suehiro)
「詞花開末広 赤垣源蔵」 四代目市村家橘
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 24.8 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40532
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1643
DescriptionFrom a series jointly designed by Kunichika and Kuniteru II.
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：卯九改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：卯九改
彫師：彫栄
Inscriptions「留守問ふて本意なき□の□□哉 魁連 □雫」
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.