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「けい城梅が枝」 四代目市村家橘
Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Courtesan (Keisei) Umegae
「けい城梅が枝」 四代目市村家橘
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 26.3 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41593
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-5251, and 100-5250 (the right sheet of the diptych, not in MFA)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei
改印：寅十改
彫師：彫工栄
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei
改印：寅十改
彫師：彫工栄
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.