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「花吹雪強勢乃俳優（はなふゝきならでのおとこき）」 「鬼神門兵衛 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Kijin Monbei, from the pentaptych Powerful Actors in a Snowstorm of Blossoms (Hanafubuki narade no otokogi)
「花吹雪強勢乃俳優（はなふゝきならでのおとこき）」 「鬼神門兵衛 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 24.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #91 (pentaptych mentioned, but no photo); Waseda db 007-0871
DescriptionRight sheet of pentaptych.
Pentaptych: 11.40604-8 (no VR)
Pentaptych: 11.40604-8 (no VR)
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子十一改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子十一改
彫師：片田彫長
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.