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Kagamiyama, Representing Kuronushi: Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Iwafuji and Iwai Kumesaburô II (?) as Onoe, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

Kagamiyama, Representing Kuronushi: Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Iwafuji and Iwai Kumesaburô II (?) as Onoe, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

(Japanese, 1794–1832)
late 1810s–early 1820s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21.2 x 18.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19920
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Shakuyakutei 「つたひ来し花の枝みち霜とけに　草履うちする　梅の下蔭　芍薬亭」
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.