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初代市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛
Actor Ichikawa Ebijûrô I as Tôken Jûbei
初代市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1822 (Bunsei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38799
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 211, #48; Kitagawa, "Bosuton ..." (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 91; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #111; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #39; Keyes 1973, #207a and pl. 21
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35379, 11.38799
Play: Benimurasaki Aide Someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)
Theater: Kado
Date of production: 1816 (Bunka 13), intercalary 8th month
紅紫大坂潤（べにむらさきあいでそめあげ）
角
文化十三年
Play: Benimurasaki Aide Someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)
Theater: Kado
Date of production: 1816 (Bunka 13), intercalary 8th month
紅紫大坂潤（べにむらさきあいでそめあげ）
角
文化十三年
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画
Marks
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Hokushû
版元：なし
Artist's seal: Hokushû
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem, by Hôrai Sanjin: Saohime mo/ nabiki ya suran/ hôrai no/ ebi wa rippa na/ haru no hanagata
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.