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「画」 市川あかん平ヵ、八代目市川団十郎、七代目市川高麗蔵 「書」 市川幸蔵ヵ、五代目市川海老蔵、初代市川猿蔵
Actors in Chinese Costumes Representing Painting (Ga) and Calligraphy (Sho), Two of the Four Accomplishments: Ichikawa Akanbei (?), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, and Ichikawa Komazô VII (R); unidentified actor, Ichikawa Kichizô (?), Ichikawa Ebizô V, and Ichikawa Saruzô I (L)
「画」 市川あかん平ヵ、八代目市川団十郎、七代目市川高麗蔵 「書」 市川幸蔵ヵ、五代目市川海老蔵、初代市川猿蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.2 x 47.7 cm (13 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43641a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
... Toyokuni ga (R), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (L)
(裁断不明)豊国画(年玉印) 一陽斎豊国画(年玉印)
(裁断不明)豊国画(年玉印) 一陽斎豊国画(年玉印)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
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.