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「今様押絵鏡 おじやう吉三」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ojô Kichiza, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 おじやう吉三」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40954
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Sannin Kichiza Kuruwa no Hatsugai
Theater: Ichimura
三人吉三廓初買（さんにんきちさくるわのはつがい）
市村
1860、安政０７
Theater: Ichimura
三人吉三廓初買（さんにんきちさくるわのはつがい）
市村
1860、安政０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申正改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申正改
彫師：横川彫竹
Inscriptions「結んたら筆になるか梅柳 久女三」
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.