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「大芝居繁栄之図」
Flourishing Business at a Major Theater (Ôshibai han'ei no zu)
「大芝居繁栄之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 73.5 cm (14 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26940-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #23 (with a different center sheet)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26940 (right), 11.26941 (center), 11.26942 (left)
MFA impressions (with different center sheets): 11.26940-2, 11.44224a-c
見立
MFA impressions (with different center sheets): 11.26940-2, 11.44224a-c
見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and center sheets), Ichiyôsai Hinashi Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 一陽斎雛師豊国画
豊国画(年玉枠) 一陽斎雛師豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未六改
彫師：なし
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.