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「七ツ面 なゝつめん」「十八番の内 七」 「面打賀古世赤右エ門」八代目市川団十郎、面 五代目市川海老蔵
Seven Masks (Nanatsu men): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Maskmaker (Men'uchi) Gakoze Akaemon and Ichikawa Ebizô V as a Mask, No. 7 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi)
「七ツ面 なゝつめん」「十八番の内 七」 「面打賀古世赤右エ門」八代目市川団十郎、面 五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 25.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #4-23; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #100
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：なし
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.