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「俳優写真鏡 真虫の次郎吉 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）
Actor Onoe Kikugorô V as Mamushi no Jirokichi, from the series Photographic Mirror of Actors (Haiyû shashin kyô)
「俳優写真鏡 真虫の次郎吉 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.8 cm (14 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41226
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Edo-Tokyo Mus., Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #390; Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #120; Asahikawa Museum, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ichimon no zenbôten (2000), #3-22-3
DescriptionPlay: Hana Ayame Katami Ezôshi
Theater: Morita
花菖紀念画双紙（はなあやめかたみえぞうし）
守田
Theater: Morita
花菖紀念画双紙（はなあやめかたみえぞうし）
守田
Signed
Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu
一蕙斎芳幾筆
一蕙斎芳幾筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Yokokawadô
改印：午五改
彫師：彫工横川堂
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Yokokawadô
改印：午五改
彫師：彫工横川堂
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.