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Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV, from the series Combined Pictures and Calligraphy of Actor-Poets (Haika shoga kyôdai)


「俳家書画狂題」 四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga
梓元乃応需豊国画(年玉印)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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: August 3, 1911)

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.