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「荷宝蔵壁のむだ書き（にたからぐらかべのむだがき）」 三代目関三十郎、四代目小佐川常世、四代目尾上梅幸、初代中山現十郎、五代目沢村宗十郎、五代目大谷広右衛門
Actor Caricatures: Seki Sanjûrô III (TR), Osagawa Tsuneyo IV (TL), Onoe Baikô IV (CR), Nakayama Genjûrô I (CL), Sawamura Sôjûrô V (BR), Ôtani Hiroemon V (BL), from the series Scribbles on a Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)
「荷宝蔵壁のむだ書き（にたからぐらかべのむだがき）」 三代目関三十郎、四代目小佐川常世、四代目尾上梅幸、初代中山現十郎、五代目沢村宗十郎、五代目大谷広右衛門
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27002
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #69; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #140; Iwakiri 2011, #370; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #271; Suzuki 1992, #401; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #167
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
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.
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.