Body of the Instrument for the Element of Wood, String-knot Holder for the Element of Metal; Highly Auspicious (Kakurindô no kisei, neo-kake no kinsei, daikichi): Actor Onoe Eizaburô I (Onoe Matsusuke II) and Shamisen Music, from the series Auspicious Combinations for the Various Arts (Shogei aioi tsukushi)
Kikukawa Eizan
(Japanese, 1787–1867)
Katai
(Japanese)
about late 1800s–early 1810s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39.3 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17705
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
Kikukawa Eizan
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Kikukawa Eizan
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Kikukawa Eizan
Kikukawa Eizan
about 1804–18 (Bunka era)
Kikukawa Eizan
about 1806–08 (Bunka 3–5)
Kikukawa Eizan
1807 (Bunka 4), 9th month