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「梨園侠客伝 関取 ぬれ髪蝶五郎」四代目中村芝翫
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the Sekitori Nuregami Chôgorô, from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)
「梨園侠客伝 関取 ぬれ髪蝶五郎」四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42889
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42884, 11.42889
Signed
Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥九改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥九改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.