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「古今俳優似顔大全」 目録
Title page, from the series Complete Compendium of Portraits of Actors Old and New (Kokon haiyû nigao taizen)
「古今俳優似顔大全」 目録
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 × 50.2 cm (14 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45392.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University, Zôho Kokon haiyû nigao taizen (1998), pp. 8-9
DescriptionAlbum in two volumes:
Vol. 1: 11.45392.1a-b - .47
Vol. 2: 11.45392.48 - .97
Vol. 1: 11.45392.1a-b - .47
Vol. 2: 11.45392.48 - .97
Signed
Nanajûkyû ô Toyokuni hitsu
七十九翁豊国筆
七十九翁豊国筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Ihachi tô
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Ihachi tô
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.