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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Nuregami (R) and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Hanaregoma (L)


「ぬれ髪」四代目中村芝翫 「放こま」三代目市川市蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.7 cm (14 5/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40882a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申十一改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.