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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nuregami Chôgorô, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 濡髪長五郎」 初代河原崎権十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40967
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.29940 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29941, 11.40907

Play: Sekai mo Awase Chôchô Komon
Theater: Ichimura
世界袷蝶仝小紋(せかいもあわせちょうちょうこもん)
市村
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
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
Inscriptions「はつ役の御礼を申し候て 人真似や根分牡丹のそへちから 紫扇」
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.