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Komachi at Sekidera Temple (Sekidera Komachi): Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Shunkan Sôzu, from the series Matches for the Seven Komachi Plays (Mitate Nana Komachi no uchi)


「見立七小町ノ内 関寺小町 俊寛僧都」 四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi (Sanseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Kin (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42585
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 75, cat. no. 64
DescriptionPublisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi or Shimizuya Naojirô?
[版元]清水屋直次郎の可能性もあり。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kin
改印:午五
彫師:彫金
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.