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「善悪鬼人鏡 熊坂お長」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kumasaka Ochô, from the series Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil (Zen'aku kijin kagami)
「善悪鬼人鏡 熊坂お長」 五代目坂東彦三郎
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), intercalary 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44440
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-1717; Minami Kazuo, Ishin zen'ya no Edo shomin (1980), pp. 221-2; 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 intercalary aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu tô
改印：辰閏改
彫師：上邑彫安刀
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu tô
改印：辰閏改
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.