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「奥女中竹川 実ハすばしりお熊 市村家橘」（四代目）
Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Palace Maid (Oku jochû) Takegawa, actually (jitsu wa) Subashiri Okuma
「奥女中竹川 実ハすばしりお熊 市村家橘」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Seibundô Masakichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Publisher: Seibundô Masakichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 23.9 cm (14 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41669
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Musume Hyôban Zen'aku Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
処女評判善悪鏡（むすめひょうばんぜんあくかがみ）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
処女評判善悪鏡（むすめひょうばんぜんあくかがみ）
市村
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印：丑八改ヵ
彫師：ほり牛
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印：丑八改ヵ
彫師：ほり牛
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.