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「見立七小町ノ内 あふむ小町 けいせい八重桐」初代中村福助
Parrot Komachi (Ômu Komachi): Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as the Courtesan (Keisei) Yaegiri, from the series Matches for the Seven Komachi Plays (Mitate Nana Komachi no uchi)
「見立七小町ノ内 あふむ小町 けいせい八重桐」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi (Sanseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Kin (Japanese)
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; 36.5 x 24.9 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 76, cat. no. 65
DescriptionPublisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi or Shimizuya Naojirô?
[版元]清水屋直次郎の可能性もあり。
[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)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kin
改印：午八
彫師：彫金
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kin
改印：午八
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.
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.