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「今様押絵鏡 木やりの権三」 初代中村福助
Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kiyari no Gonza, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 木やりの権三」 初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40961
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40961 (with blockcutter's mark), RES.11.5764.11 (without blockcutter's mark)
Play: Tanomimasu Soga no Kamigaki
Theater: Morita
頼三升曽我神垣（たのみますそがのかみがき）
守田
1859、安政０６
Play: Tanomimasu Soga no Kamigaki
Theater: Morita
頼三升曽我神垣（たのみますそがのかみがき）
守田
1859、安政０６
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：未四改
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：未四改
彫師：彫竹
Inscriptions「落したるあふきたつねて涼みかな 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.