Actors Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Kenkaya Goroemon and Asao Okuyama II as the Clerk (Tedai) Kizô
Shun'yôsai Shunshi
(Japanese, active 1826–1828)
Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin)
(Japanese)
1826 (Bunsei 9), 4th month
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35233
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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Shun'yôsai Shunshi
1827 (Bunsei 10), intercalary 6th month
Shun'yôsai Hokkei
1817 (Bunka 14), 1st month
Gatôken Shunshi
1825 (Bunsei 8), 11th month
Gatôken Shunshi
1825 (Bunsei 8), 1st month
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month