Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Memorial Portraits of Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in Roles Representing the Five Elements (Mitate gogyô no zu)


「見立五行の図」 「すいどふノ水」「しゐの木」「しのたノ狐火」「弐百両金」「なにわの土」八代目市川団十郎の死絵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 49.2 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43868a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29998-9, 11.43868a-b
見立
Signed Konomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
好ニ付豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅十二
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.