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「近世水滸伝 おんな幹助 岩井杜若」（初代）
Actor Iwai Tojaku I as the Female Kansuke (Onna Kansuke), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Kinsei suikoden)
「近世水滸伝 おんな幹助 岩井杜若」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Text by: Kanagaki Robun (Kinton Donjin) (Japanese, 1829–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Horikô Ko-Kin (Japanese)
Text by: Kanagaki Robun (Kinton Donjin) (Japanese, 1829–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Horikô Ko-Kin (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), intercalary 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.9 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29160
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), pp. 85-96, cat. nos. 76-86 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29160, 11.42756
Signed
Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog intercalary 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ko-Kin
改印：戌閏八改
彫師：彫工小金
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ko-Kin
改印：戌閏八改
彫師：彫工小金
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.
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.