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Moon (Tsuki): Actor Ichikawa Udanji I as both a Hunter (Ryôjin) and a Raccoon-dog (Tanoki [sic]), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)


「猟人 たのき 市川右団次」(初代) 「雪月花の内 月」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.6 x 18.3 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43008
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 120
DescriptionThe complete set of three: 11.43006, 11.43007, 11.43008

Play: Kô-on Katami no Omokage
Theater: Kado
高恩形見俤(こうおんかたみのおもかげ)

Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
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.