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Quadruple senjafuda (nôsatsu) in the form of a Kabuki Season-opening Program (Kaomise banzuke)


四丁の千社札(納札) 顔見世番附形式
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Quadruple senjafuda; 15.5 × 21.5 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41234
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDated: Over One Hundred Years from the Hôreki Era [1751-64] to the First Year of the Bunkyû Era, the Year of the Chicken
「宝暦年代より始メ 文久元酉年マデ 及百有余年々」
Signed Eshi Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu
絵師一恵斎芳幾筆
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.