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「喜の字つくし 金瓶梅」「啓十郎 片岡仁左衛門」（八代目）「お蓮 岩井粂三郎」（三代目）「二」
Jinpingmei (Kinpeibai): Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Keijûrô and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Oren, No. 2 from the series Things That Start with the Syllable Ki (Ki no ji tsukushi)
「喜の字つくし 金瓶梅」「啓十郎 片岡仁左衛門」（八代目）「お蓮 岩井粂三郎」（三代目）「二」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42542
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆(年玉印)
豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：酉十二改
彫師：横川彫岩
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：酉十二改
彫師：横川彫岩
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.