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「歌舞伎廼花当寿古六」
Board Game of the Hit Plays of the Flowers of Kabuki (Kabuki no hana atari sugoroku)
「歌舞伎廼花当寿古六」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Game board: 60.8 x 73.5 cm (23 15/16 x 28 15/16 in.)
Wrapper: 25.2 x 18.5 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Wrapper: 25.2 x 18.5 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42019.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yamamoto Masakatsu, Sugoroku asobi (1988), p. 79
DescriptionGame board: 11.42019.1
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.42019.2
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.42019.2
Signed
Ichiôsai Kunichika hitsu
一鶯斎国周筆
一鶯斎国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：丑十改
彫師：彫巳の
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.