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「東海道五十三次ノ内 白須賀 逸当｣初代河原崎権十郎、「東海道五十三次ノ内 二川 猫石」四代目市川小団次
Shirasuka and Futakawa: Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ittô and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Cat Stone (Nekoishi), from the series the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi)
「東海道五十三次ノ内 白須賀 逸当｣初代河原崎権十郎、「東海道五十三次ノ内 二川 猫石」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 26.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45106
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T66-17; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #179
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43192, 11.45106
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
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.
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.