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「俳優八代目市川団十郎」 （死絵）
Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII
「俳優八代目市川団十郎」 （死絵）
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 76.7 cm (14 7/8 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21486-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #56; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #118; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #s 131, 132; Suzuki 1992, #320
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21486 (left), 11.21487 (center), 11.21488 (right)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right sheet only)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Seal: fukyo baibai ("Not for Sale")
印：不許売買
印：不許売買
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.