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The Syllable Wi: Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II as Kamiya Iemon, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Nanatsu iroha)

The Syllable Wi: Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II as Kamiya Iemon, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Nanatsu iroha)

(Japanese)
(Japanese)
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 24.4 x 18.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35548
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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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Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
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Group shot: 11.14959-60
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