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「なそ合三十六句 お初」 三代目沢村田之助
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ohatsu, from the series Contest of Riddles with Thirty-six Poems (Nazo awase sanjûroku-ku)
「なそ合三十六句 お初」 三代目沢村田之助
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 24.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45384
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0525; Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), cat. no. 9
DescriptionPossible triptych: 11.45382 (left), 11.45383 (center), 11.45384 (left)
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：卯正改
彫師：彫工多七
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：卯正改
彫師：彫工多七
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.