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Kintoki: Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kintoki and Nakamura Shikan IV as Yamauba, No. 16 from the series Things That Start with the Syllable Ki (Ki no ji tsukushi)


「喜廼つくし 金時」「沢邑田之助」(三代目)「山うば 中村芝翫」(四代目)「十六」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (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; 36.3 x 25.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42544
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yasu kokutô
Printer's mark: Suri Sadagorô
改印:酉十二改
彫師:彫安刻刀
摺師:摺定五郎
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.