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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô VI (?) and Naritaya Sôbei I, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)

Actors Ichikawa Ebizô VI (?) and Naritaya Sôbei I, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 18.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19894
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Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoems by Kamenoya Osamaru, Bunryûsha Masazumi and Bunbunsha. 「亀の屋於佐丸　福つゝみくらけと見せて海老の眼をたのむ光りの春そのとけき」「文柳舎正住　ゑひ染のかすみの衣のきそはしめおさなきはまによく似合けり」「文々舎　松竹のめてたきかきりならひたるくひつみの海老」
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.
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