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「船頭松右衛門 実ハ樋口の次郎 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Boatman (Sendô) Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jirô
「船頭松右衛門 実ハ樋口の次郎 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.2 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41319
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fiorillo, "Ireki ...," Andon 81 (2007)
DescriptionBased on an earlier print by Kunisada, with the face plugged and recut:
The Kunisada print:
First edition (1849): *11.29545 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29990, 11.40354
Second edition (1855): 11.29734
The Kunisada print:
First edition (1849): *11.29545 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29990, 11.40354
Second edition (1855): 11.29734
Signed
Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌九改
彫師：なし
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.