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「鮫ざや四郎三 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「四」
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Samezaya Shiroza, No. 4 from an untitled set of ten
「鮫ざや四郎三 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「四」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40599
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #96 (complete set of ten)
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：丑四改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：丑四改
彫師：彫栄
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.