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「神楽月顔見世の光景」
Opening Performance in the Eleventh Month (Kagurazuki kaomise no kôkei)
「神楽月顔見世の光景」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1816 (Bunka 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15768, 11.15769, 11.29045
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp.Ôkubo, "Nishiki-e ni egakareta kashi," Wagashi no. 17 (2010), fig. 12; Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #22; Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #13; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #15/2
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15768 (right), 11.15769 (left), 11.29045 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.15768VR (11.15768, 11.15769,11.29045), 11.45214 (right sheet only), 11.45215 (left sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.15768VR (11.15768, 11.15769,11.29045), 11.45214 (right sheet only), 11.45215 (left sheet only)
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.