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「今様押絵鏡 団七九郎兵衛」 四代目中村芝翫
Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 団七九郎兵衛」 四代目中村芝翫
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
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40957
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 88; Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #13.6 (actor identified as Nakamura Shikan IV )
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40957, RES.11.5764.16
Play: Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami
Theater: Morita
増補夏祭礼男鑑（ぞうほなつまつりおとこかがみ）
時皐月桔梗籏上（ときはいまききょうのはたあげ）
守田 二番目
Play: Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami
Theater: Morita
増補夏祭礼男鑑（ぞうほなつまつりおとこかがみ）
時皐月桔梗籏上（ときはいまききょうのはたあげ）
守田 二番目
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印: 未六改
彫師: 横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印: 未六改
彫師: 横川彫竹
Inscriptions「御ひゐきを肩に祭りのはれ着かな 児雀」
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.