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「引手夥噂立花」 （四代目市村家橘ヵ）
The Orange Blossom Who Is All Too Attractive (Hiku te amata uwasa no tachibana) (Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV?)
「引手夥噂立花」 （四代目市村家橘ヵ）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Other artist: Chikahide (Japanese, active 1860s)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Other artist: Chikahide (Japanese, active 1860s)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 73.7 cm (14 5/16 × 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41744a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G073 (no photo)
DescriptionPossibly actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV, with his fans, as Inaka Genji.
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet); Chikahide hitsu (on screen in right sheet)
国周筆、周秀筆
国周筆、周秀筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：寅三改
彫師：彫工多七
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：寅三改
彫師：彫工多七
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.