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Actor Iwai Shijaku II as Gifu Onami in Kumo no Ito Nishiki no Shiranui


「蜘糸錦白縫」「義婦雄浪 岩井紫若」(二代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Iseya Tôkichi (Daikyôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 26.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41598
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-2707
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:子八改
彫師:片田彫長
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.