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井手の玉川ヵ 五代目松本幸四郎と三味線を弾く美人
Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô V (?) and Woman Playing Shamisen, from an untitled series with fans possibly representing the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)
井手の玉川ヵ 五代目松本幸四郎と三味線を弾く美人
Japanese
Edo period
1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 23.9 cm (14 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13514
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 233
DescriptionThe design on the fan suggests the river associated with kerria roses (yamabuki), the Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province.
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tiger 6
改印：極、寅六
改印：極、寅六
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.