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Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Kijin Omatsu, from the series Toyokuni's Caricature Pictures (Toyokuni manga zue)


「豊国漫画図絵 鬼人おまつ」 四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21652
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #46
Description見立
Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未十改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.