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No. 4, from the series Parlor Charades by Amateur Comedians Impersonating Actors (Zashiki gei chaban no ateburi)


「座しきげゐ茶番の当ふり 四」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42364, 11.42365
役者の顔真似や物真似をした茶ばんを描く。
Signed Konomi ni ôjite Toyokuni giga
応好豊国戯画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
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.