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「安部貞任 大谷友右エ門」（五代目）
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「安部貞任 大谷友右エ門」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 25.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38775
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 008-0219 (no date)
DescriptionTheater: Morita
Signed
Kunisada hitsu
国貞筆
国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑八改
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.
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.