Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Mitsuuji and an Unidentified Actor as the Old Woman (Rôjo) Shinonome, from the series Square Pictures in Old and New Styles (Kodai imayô shikishi awase)

「古代今様色紙合」　「老女しのゝめ」、「足利光氏」八代目市川団十郎

Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Artist Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868), Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)

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Dimensions

Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Accession Number

11.25906

Medium or Technique

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Not On View

Collections

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

Signed

Rôjo Shinonome, Seiryûken Kiyomitsu ga; Ashikaga Mitsuuji, Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
老女しのゝめ　青柳軒清満画、足利光氏　香蝶楼豊国画

Markings

Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：なし

Provenance

By 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection