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Actor Iwai Shijaku I in Style of the Mansion (Yashiki fû), from Dance Number of Moon, Snow, and Flowers (Getsusetsuka shosagoto no uchi)


「月雪花所作事ノ内」「屋敷風 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 25.8 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39326
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Kaite Mitsu Ôgi no E-awase
Scene: Yabuiri ni Môke no Hana no En
Play: Kazashi no Hana Shibai no Sangatsu
Theater: Nakamura
席書扇絵合(かいてみつおうぎのえあわせ) 長唄
薮入に儲の花宴(やぶいりにもうけのはなのえん)
花頭劇弥生(かざしのはなしばいのさんがつ)
中村、大切
1836、天保07、03・06
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.