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「木曽六十九駅 太田 名産美濃紙 紙屋治兵衛」 十二代目市村羽左衛門
Mino Paper, a Famous Local Product at Ôta Station (Ôta, meisan minogami): (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as) Kamiya Jihei, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 太田 名産美濃紙 紙屋治兵衛」 十二代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42725
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-52
DescriptionStation 52.
Ichimura Uzaemon XII had played this role in the 9th month of 1849. The character's surname reflects his occupation; Kamiya = "paper merchant."
Play (interval): Shinjû Kamiya Jihei
Theater: Nakamura
心中紙屋治兵衛（しんじゅうかみやじへえ）、冬
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永０２
Ichimura Uzaemon XII had played this role in the 9th month of 1849. The character's surname reflects his occupation; Kamiya = "paper merchant."
Play (interval): Shinjû Kamiya Jihei
Theater: Nakamura
心中紙屋治兵衛（しんじゅうかみやじへえ）、冬
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永０２
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫多吉
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.