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In the Style of Actor Onoe Kikugorô III (Otowaya fû), from the series An Assortment of Edoites Who Are Serious Fans (Edokko soroe hiiki katagi)


「江戸ッ子揃 ひゐきかた気 音羽や風」 (音羽屋=三代目尾上菊五郎)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823–25 (Bunsei 5-7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.6 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43662
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-50, photo p. 158; another print in the series: Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #54
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.