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「こし元きく」四代目市川小団次、「浅山忠太」初代中山市蔵 「浅山鉄山」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Kiku, Nakayama Ichizô I as Asayama Chûta (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Asayama Tetsuzan (L)
「こし元きく」四代目市川小団次、「浅山忠太」初代中山市蔵 「浅山鉄山」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 34.9 x 51.3 cm (13 3/4 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28798-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionDiptych: 11.28798 (left), 11.28799 (right)
Play: Minoriyoshi Kogane no Kikuzuki
Theater: Nakamura
実成金菊月（みのりよしこがねのきくづき）
中村
1850、嘉永０３
Play: Minoriyoshi Kogane no Kikuzuki
Theater: Nakamura
実成金菊月（みのりよしこがねのきくづき）
中村
1850、嘉永０３
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, reverse aratame
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：浜、馬込、改
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：浜、馬込、改
彫師：なし
版元：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: 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.