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Memorial Portrait of Actor Kawarazaki Kunitarô I


初代河原崎国太郎の死絵
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 23.4 cm (14 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41588
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiôsai Kunichika hitsu
一鶯斎国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:卯四改
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.