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「三十六花艸の内 葭芦 犬田小文吾 大谷友右衛門」（五代目）
Reeds (Yoshiashi): Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Inuta Kobungo, from the series Thirty-six Selected Flowers and Grasses (Sanjûrokkasô no uchi)
「三十六花艸の内 葭芦 犬田小文吾 大谷友右衛門」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0783 (a different edition, with name Ôtani Tomomatsu)
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑七改
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.