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「俳優当双六」
Board Game of Actors in Hit Plays (Haiyû atari sugoroku)
「俳優当双六」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1873–74 (Meiji 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Game board: 60.1 x 72.5 cm (23 11/16 x 28 9/16 in.)
Wrapper: 24.7 x 18.9 cm (9 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Wrapper: 24.7 x 18.9 cm (9 3/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40054.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionGame board: 11.40054.1
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.40054.2
The date is a guess based on the name of the actor in the upper left corner, Kawarazaki Sanshô, who took that name in 1873 and changed to Ichikawa Danjûrô IX in 1874.
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.40054.2
The date is a guess based on the name of the actor in the upper left corner, Kawarazaki Sanshô, who took that name in 1873 and changed to Ichikawa Danjûrô IX in 1874.
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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.
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.