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「善悪鬼人鏡 宇治常悦」 五代目大谷友右衛門
Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Uji no Jôetsu, from the series Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil (Zen'aku kijin kagami)
「善悪鬼人鏡 宇治常悦」 五代目大谷友右衛門
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 24.4 cm (15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-2122; Mukai Nobuo, "Keiô yonen no Zen'aku kijin kagami," in Rekishi dokuhon, 1976.12
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon 4 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu tô
改印：辰四改ヵ
彫師：上邑彫安刀
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu tô
改印：辰四改ヵ
彫師：上邑彫安刀
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.