Miotsukushi: Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as the carpenter Rokusaburô and Arashi Rikan II as the mistress Kashiku, from the series Matches for the Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Mitate Genji gojûyojô no uchi)
「見立源氏五拾四帖の内 身を尽し」 「大工六三郎 沢村訥升 妾かしく 嵐璃寛」
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month
Artist Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 113; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #134
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.1 x 18.4 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.43005
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
八重霞浪花浜荻
天満
Signed
Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection