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Newly Published Board Game of Calculation (Shinpan waridashi sugoroku)


「新版わり出し寿古六」
Utagawa Kunimaro I (Japanese, active about 1850–1875)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Published by: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 70.5 x 87.8 cm (27 3/4 x 34 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36772
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yamamoto Masakatsu, Sugoroku asobi (1988), p. 80
DescriptionNo wrapper.
Signed Utagawa Kunimaro ga (in lower left margin); Yakusha ryônin Toyokuni joho ("Two actors with the assistance of Toyokuni," beside figures on stage)
歌川国麿画、役者両人豊国補助
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申九改
彫師: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.