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The Fox Ken Game of Osaka (Ôsaka kitsune ken): Actors Onoe Tamizô II and Nakamura Utaemon IV


「大阪きつねけん」 二代目尾上多見蔵、四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42136
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Linhart, "Kuniyoshi's ken caricatures," Andon 83 (2008), list #52, fig. 12; p. 23, translation of poem
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
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.