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「下部礒平 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Actor Ichikawa Kuzô III as Shimobe Isohei
「下部礒平 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shimaya Tetsuya
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Publisher: Shimaya Tetsuya
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 25.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete polyptych.
Signed
Ichiô Kunichika ga
一鴬国周画
一鴬国周画
Marks
No censor's seal on this sheet
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi, in gourd shape
改印：なし
彫師：彫牛
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi, in gourd shape
改印：なし
彫師：彫牛
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.