Advanced Search 
「俳優歌舞伎合気（はいゆうかぶきあうぎ）」
Actors' Kabuki Fans (Haiyû kabuki ôgi)
「俳優歌舞伎合気（はいゆうかぶきあうぎ）」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 36.3 × 122.8 cm (14 5/16 × 48 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40596a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Kunichika ga (on four sheets)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi (on right and left sheets)
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi (on right and left sheets)
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工多七
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.