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「戯場銘刀揃 梶原景季 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Kajiwara Kagesue, from the series Great Swords of Kabuki Collected (Kabuki meitô soroi)
「戯場銘刀揃 梶原景季 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (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; 35.7 x 23.9 cm (14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42662
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Ôju Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Plum (Ume) with seal of Gengyo
応需喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
応需喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印：酉十二改
彫師：彫工松島政吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印：酉十二改
彫師：彫工松島政吉
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.