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Round Five, Left Side (Goban, hidari): Removing Oil from the Hair (Abura tori), from the series Contest of Fowls (Toriawase)

Round Five, Left Side (Goban, hidari): Removing Oil from the Hair (Abura tori), from the series Contest of Fowls (Toriawase)

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
1825 (Bunsei 8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21.6 x 18.7 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19892
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「鵲巣庵　ゆいたてゝ髪にいたゝく白かねのかさしもゆかし玉の初春」「楽聖庵　すく髪のふけよりしろしまくり鏡月に柳の花のまふみゆ」
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.
Conservation Status: After Treatment
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô II as Kewaizaka no Shôshô and Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga Jûrô
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô II as Kewaizaka no Shôshô and Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga Jûrô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Ômi Kotôta and Nakamura Daikichi I(?) as Ôiso no Tora
Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Ômi Kotôta and Nakamura Daikichi I(?) as Ôiso no Tora
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Oniô Shinzaemon and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi Asahina
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Oniô Shinzaemon and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi Asahina
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
The Dragon Princess Otohime, Number Two (Sono ni) of a series for the Taikogawa Poetry Club
The Dragon Princess Otohime, Number Two (Sono ni) of a series for the Taikogawa Poetry Club
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1820 (Bunsei 3)
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Soga Gorô and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi no Asahina
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Soga Gorô and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi no Asahina
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1827 (Bunsei 10)
Wind: Courtesan, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)
Wind: Courtesan, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Flowers: Woman with Mirror, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mongaku praying in Nachi Waterfall and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Fudô Myôô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1829–32 (Bunsei 12–Tenpô 3)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)