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The Number 4 (Yo) for the Play Yotsuya Kaidan: Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Oiwa and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Iemon, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary, Supplement (Nanatsu iroha shûi)


「七伊呂波拾遺 (四) 四谷怪談」 「おいは」四代目尾上菊五郎、「伊右衛門」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 23.9 cm (14 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35399.46
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda da 500-2352
DescriptionAlbum: 11.35399.1-47
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
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: September 29, 2004)

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.