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「近世水滸伝 競力富五郎（けいりきとみごらう） 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the Wrestler (Keiriki) Tomigorô, from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Kinsei suikoden)
「近世水滸伝 競力富五郎（けいりきとみごらう） 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Text by: Kanagaki Robun (Kinton Donjin) (Japanese, 1829–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Text by: Kanagaki Robun (Kinton Donjin) (Japanese, 1829–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29906
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 90 (dragon tattoo); Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 86, cat. no. 76 (dragon tattoo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29906 (dragon tattoo), 11.42773 (dragon tattoo), 11.42777 (lion tattoo)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉六改
彫師：松島彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉六改
彫師：松島彫政
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.