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Actor Iwai Shijaku I as Hikosô's Wife (Tsuma) Omasu


「彦惣妻お升 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.3 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39366
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sono Samisen Homare no Takane
Play (main feature): Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
其三味線誉高調(そのさみせんほまれのたかね
ひらかな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)
河原崎、二番目
1842、天保13、04・26
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.