Actor Nakamura Tsurusuke I as Miuranosuke in a Great Hit at the Kawakami Theater in Kanazawa, Kaga Province (Kaga Kanazawa Kawakami shibai ni oite ôatari)
Toyokawa Hikokuni
(Japanese, active 1821–1824)
Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin)
(Japanese)
1822 (Bunsei 5), 3rd month
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 38.1 x 26.5 cm (15 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35099
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: September 29, 2004)
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.
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Toyokawa Hikokuni
1821 (Bunsei 4), 7th month; OR 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Toyokawa Hikokuni
1822 (Bunsei 5), 2nd month
Toyokawa Hikokuni
1821 (Bunsei 4), about 9th to 11th month
Toyokawa Tamikuni
1826 (Bunsei 9), 1st month