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「東海道五十三次之内 白須賀 猫塚」 三代目尾上菊五郎
Shirasuka: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) a Cat Monster (Nekozuka), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次之内 白須賀 猫塚」 三代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 25 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29524.14
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 125; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-33, p. 142; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #174; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #89
DescriptionStation no. 33.
MFA impressions: 11.29403, 11.29476, 11.29524.14, 11.29525.42, 11.43252, 59.1147.132
From a partially bound album of prints: 11.29524.1-33
MFA impressions: 11.29403, 11.29476, 11.29524.14, 11.29525.42, 11.43252, 59.1147.132
From a partially bound album of prints: 11.29524.1-33
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫巳の
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.