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四代目市川小団次の達摩(見立)
Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma
四代目市川小団次の達摩(見立)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, creped; 19 x 13.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1801
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description見立
Signed
Toyokuni giga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国戯画(年玉枠)
豊国戯画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十二
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「何をさせてみても上手にうこくなり 梛のたる摩の眼玉おや玉 宝木亭」
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)