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「大日本六十余州之内 出雲 阿国」
Izumo Province: Okuni, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nihon rokujûyoshû no uchi)
「大日本六十余州之内 出雲 阿国」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1830–1866)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1830–1866)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.7 cm (14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42464
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S36.41
DescriptionFrom a series jointly designed by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, with insets by various pupils of the two main artists.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on main image); Monjin Ichiryûsai Yoshitoyo ga (on inset)
一勇斎国芳画、門人一龍斎芳豊画
一勇斎国芳画、門人一龍斎芳豊画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
Blockcutter's mark: Teppô kokutô
改印：渡
彫師：鉄炮刻刀
Blockcutter's mark: Teppô kokutô
改印：渡
彫師：鉄炮刻刀
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.